Bacteria can transfer sequences of DNA directly to each other in real time, through an amazing process called conjugation that looks like a sci-fi movie in outer space.
This is how gut bacteria can develop resistance so quickly. They don't have to go through a generational process of breeding and selection. They just share a piece of DNA code that confers immunity and they are good to go.
Let's take a look at this process in action, from the vantage point of the membrane wall of one bacterium:
This is how gut bacteria can develop resistance so quickly. They don't have to go through a generational process of breeding and selection. They just share a piece of DNA code that confers immunity and they are good to go.
Let's take a look at this process in action, from the vantage point of the membrane wall of one bacterium:
Type 4 secretion system: ii- Pilus biogenesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihlFqOK5cZM