15. • Horizontal gene transfer
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpag
e&v=eRvfhljxA4s
16. • Bacteria have the ability to acquire genes from other
bacterium without being its offspring.
17. • Many of the most widely used antimicrobial drugs are already
ineffective
• Pharmaceutical companies cannot create new drugs fast
enough to treat drug resistant bacteria
• Reduce inappropriate prescription of antibiotics
• Increase public awareness that many diseases cannot be cured with
antibiotics
• Reduce use of agricultural antibiotics
• Increase the number of patients who finish their courses of
antibiotics
• Restrict the use of new antibiotics
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=
UZatOIWlf3Y
