单次使用的聚乙烯四甲酸瓶衍生的纳米塑料通过转化和外膜囊泡分泌在细菌中传播抗生素耐药性

Prashant Sharma1, Abhinoy Kishore1,2, Manish Singh1

  • 1Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Knowledge City, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India. manish@inst.ac.in.

Nanoscale
|October 30, 2024
PubMed
概括

一次性塑料瓶产生纳米塑料,传播抗生素耐药性. 这些纳米塑料在细菌中促进基因转移,可能会加剧全球抗生素耐药性危机,并影响人类健康.

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