University of South Australia universities revealed the origin of the gene, which gives the pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas Aeruginosa resistance to antibiotics. This is reported in the article published in the MICROBIAL GENOMICS magazine.
Dangerous gene, first discovered in Adelaide in 2006, is the cause of thousands of patient deaths with weakened immunity, burns and surgical interventions due to the fact that he gives microbes immunity to the antibiotics of the last instance. The latter includes particularly potent antibiotics, including imipenem and meropene. Because of this, P. aeruginosa bacterium is included in the list of critical priority pathogens representing the greatest threat to humans.
was originally believed that the ADELAIDE Imipement (AIM-1) gene exists only in the capital of South Australia, where it was found in clinical samples and wastewater related to healthcare facilities. However, in a new study, scientists have shown that it is present all over the world, originally inside the harmless microorganism that lives in soil, groundwater, wastewater and even in plants. At some point, this gene transferred pathogenic bacteria in Iran and Iraq.
This indicates a high likelihood that many gements of resistance to bacteria develop in unknown organisms before proceeding to dangerous pathogens.