[ddlatham]

Sounds a lot like live virus vaccines introduced to humans. Weak enough not to kill us and then we develop resistance.

Improper dosage of antibiotics is like 'vaccinating' the microbes.

[mattnewton]

Similar, yes. It works through good old natural selection of generations, just on a faster scale. I enjoyed this visualizable antibiotic resistance happening. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/health/giant-petri-dish-antibi...