Sharks harbor drug-resistant bacteria

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Sharks harbor drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers say strains could possibly infect humans

By Hsu updated 10:25 a.m. ET, Wed., June 23, 2010

Even the monstrous Jaws might look tame compared to the swarm of

antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in sharks and redfish, according to a new

study.

The bacteria don't harm the toothy fish, but scientists worry that the sharks

and redfish may become incubators for nasty multidrug-resistant strains, which

could possibly infect humans someday. The exact sources for the

antibiotic-resistant microbes remain unknown.

" It's not unexpected to find some drug resistance, but we were surprised to find

the amount of resistance to that large suite of drugs, " said Blackburn, a

spatial ecologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville...

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