Why would some bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?Explain this in terms of evolution by natural selection.
Antibiotics in Evolution
Description of the Output:
A 2-3 page paper on a driving question guiding this topic on evolution:
Why would some bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?Explain this in terms of evolution by natural selection.
Use the following guidelines below as points that you can use to answer the question. You can include other points not included below.
Have you used antibiotics before and if so, when?
Antibiotics have been around since 1933. How did people fight infections prior to the discovery of antibiotics?
Do you think people always need antibiotics when they are sick or have an earache?
The average generation time for bacteria is 20-30 minutes. How would this be a factor in bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics?
