[nanofortnight]

> Seems like this is time to research how antibiotic resistance is jumping species.

We already know. There are four main mechanisms for horizontal gene transfer:

1. Free DNA uptake 2. Phage transfer 3. Conjugation 4. GTA

Preventing any of these is near impossible.

We have however had some success in using phage therapy against some MDRs.

[exabrial]

Do bacteria ever lose DNA then? I mean they can't have an unlimited genome