Repeated testing of soil metagenomes revealed that in urban, agricultural, and forest environments, spore-forming soil bacteria showed resistance to most major antibiotics regardless of where they'd originated. In this study, they observed nearly 200 different resistance profiles among the bacteria sequenced, indicating a diverse and robust response to the antibiotics tested regardless of their bacterial target or natural or synthetic origin.
Repeated analysis of soil metagenomes in various environments showed that spore-forming soil bacteria demonstrated remarkable resistance to most antibiotics, regardless of their natural or synthetic origin. The study found nearly 200 different resistance profiles among the sequenced bacteria, highlighting a robust and diverse response to the tested antibiotics.