Certain antibiotics prompt Streptococcus pneumoniae to take up DNA from the environment, which may enable the microbe to acquire genes for antibiotic resistance.
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Cirz, R., Gingles, N. & Romesberg, F. Side effects may include evolution. Nat Med 12, 890–891 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0806-890
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