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Toxin-antitoxin systems could target invasive and resistant bacteria

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Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have identified toxin-antitoxin systems as a possible passkey to hack into bacteria communities.

The study examines bacteria at a community level.

A community of bacteria will interact and exchange DNA, which encourages having similar toxin systems.

Bacteria don't evolve in the same way as people. When they divide and create a clone, there is no genetic diversification.