Concern over sanitiser ‘superbug’
Feb 20, 2021
2 minutes
SHAUN SMILLIE shaun.smillie@inl.co.za
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IN A LABORATORY in the University of Free State a strain of bacteria is showing an adaptation that has scientists worried.
The strain of the bacteria Serratia marcescens has become resistant to disinfectants and this could be the sign of things to come where humankind could end up facing a pandemic worse than Covid-19.
“It is not regarded as
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