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How do plasmids contribute to antibiotic resistance?


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Plasmids:

  1. Plasmids are small double-stranded DNA that are different from chromosomal DNA.
  2. They are mostly present in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
  3. The bacteria which have plasmids have a genetic advantage, one such advantage is being antibiotic-resistant.
  4. Some pathogenic bacteria carry multidrug-resistant plasmids which have increased the major causes.

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