Question
Choose 3 reasons that explain why we have a problem with antibiotic resistant bacteria less than 100 years after discovering them.
Responses
Antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria so that only immune bacteria remain to reproduce.
Antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria so that only immune bacteria remain to reproduce.
Humans do not take enough antibiotics.
Humans do not take enough antibiotics.
Random variations within bacteria provide some with immunity to antibiotics.
Random variations within bacteria provide some with immunity to antibiotics.
Bacteria are not affected by antibiotics, only viruses.
Bacteria are not affected by antibiotics, only viruses.
Bacteria have short life spans so evolution happens more quickly than in humans.
Bacteria have short life spans so evolution happens more quickly than in humans.
Bacteria produce antibiotics to protect themselves.
Responses
Antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria so that only immune bacteria remain to reproduce.
Antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria so that only immune bacteria remain to reproduce.
Humans do not take enough antibiotics.
Humans do not take enough antibiotics.
Random variations within bacteria provide some with immunity to antibiotics.
Random variations within bacteria provide some with immunity to antibiotics.
Bacteria are not affected by antibiotics, only viruses.
Bacteria are not affected by antibiotics, only viruses.
Bacteria have short life spans so evolution happens more quickly than in humans.
Bacteria have short life spans so evolution happens more quickly than in humans.
Bacteria produce antibiotics to protect themselves.
Answers
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Here are three reasons that explain the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria just under 100 years after their discovery:
1. **Antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria so that only immune bacteria remain to reproduce.** This selective pressure leads to the survival and dominance of resistant strains.
2. **Random variations within bacteria provide some with immunity to antibiotics.** Genetic mutations can confer resistance, allowing those bacteria to survive antibiotic treatment and pass on their resistant traits.
3. **Bacteria have short life spans so evolution happens more quickly than in humans.** The rapid reproduction cycles of bacteria allow for swift evolution and the quick emergence of resistant strains in response to antibiotic pressure.
1. **Antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria so that only immune bacteria remain to reproduce.** This selective pressure leads to the survival and dominance of resistant strains.
2. **Random variations within bacteria provide some with immunity to antibiotics.** Genetic mutations can confer resistance, allowing those bacteria to survive antibiotic treatment and pass on their resistant traits.
3. **Bacteria have short life spans so evolution happens more quickly than in humans.** The rapid reproduction cycles of bacteria allow for swift evolution and the quick emergence of resistant strains in response to antibiotic pressure.