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    Bacteria can become resistant to antimicrobials through several processes: during mutation, cell death allows bacteria to block antimicrobials and release enzymes that deactivate them; bacteria also use efflux pumps to constantly export antimicrobials and can transfer genes through conjugation via pilus bridges or through transformation of naked DNA from dead cells; transduction also allows genetic transfer when bacteriophages infect bacteria and release more phages upon cell death to infect other bacteria.

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    Bacteria can become resistant to antimicrobials through several processes: during mutation, cell death allows bacteria to block antimicrobials and release enzymes that deactivate them; bacteria also use efflux pumps to constantly export antimicrobials and can transfer genes through conjugation via pilus bridges or through transformation of naked DNA from dead cells; transduction also allows genetic transfer when bacteriophages infect bacteria and release more phages upon cell death to infect other bacteria.

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    Bacteria can become resistant to antimicrobials through several processes: during mutation, cell death allows bacteria to block antimicrobials and release enzymes that deactivate them; bacteria also use efflux pumps to constantly export antimicrobials and can transfer genes through conjugation via pilus bridges or through transformation of naked DNA from dead cells; transduction also allows genetic transfer when bacteriophages infect bacteria and release more phages upon cell death to infect other bacteria.

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    3 ATTACK OF THE
    SUPERBUG
    During mutation, cell death occurs when antimicrobials infect a
    bacterial cell and block DNA replication from occurring. Destruction in when
    enzymes are released from bacteria making antimicrobials ineffective
    against bacterium. An efflux pump is a pump that constantly exports
    antimicrobials out of a bacterial cell. Conjugation is when a pilus bridge is
    made between two bacterium so they can transport plasmid without threat
    of antimicrobials taking over. Transformation is when cells die and genes are
    transferred as naked DNA so nearby bacterium can make it into its own.
    Transduction is when a bacteriophage aka virus infects bacteriums genetic
    process to create more phages inside the cell so that when the cell dies more
    phages will be released to infect more bacterium.

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