Antibiotics may play less of a role in the sharing of bacterial resistance genes than previously believed. New research studying several clinically relevant bacterial species suggests that the contribution of antibiotics to the promotion of horizontal gene transfer may have been overestimated.

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Antibiotics may play less of a role in the sharing of bacterial resistance genes than previously believed. New research studying several clinically relevant bacterial species suggests that the contribution of antibiotics to the promotion of horizontal gene transfer may have been overestimated.