Bacteria: resisting antibiotics since at least 30,000 BC
科學家在三萬年的凍土中, 找到具有反制抗生素基因vanHAX的細菌. 這意味, 細菌的抗藥性, 並非現代社會獨有. 不過, 肯定是現代社會對抗生素的大量使用, 令細菌或重新演化出抗藥性基因, 或把沉睡中的抗藥性換醒.
Reference: D’Costa, King, Kalan, Morar, Sung, Schwarz, Froese, Zazul, Calmel, Debruyne, Golding, Poinar & Wright. 2011. Antibiotic resistance is ancient http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10388
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