3438 Views Created September 09, 2016 By Harvard Medical School • Updated March 23, 2023

Created By Harvard Medical School • Updated March 23, 2023

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The Evolution of Bacteria on a "Mega-Plate" Petri Dish

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In a creative stroke inspired by Hollywood wizardry, scientists have designed a simple way to observe how bacteria move as they become impervious to drugs. The experiments are thought to provide the first large-scale glimpse of the maneuvers of bacteria as they encounter increasingly higher doses of antibiotics and adapt to survive-and thrive-in them.


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