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Superbug logo #10101) Bemisia tabaci 2) Drug-resistant bacterium 3) Fictional car 4) Poinsettia strain 5) Road movie 6) Sweet-potato whitefly
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Superbug logo #21000 Superbugs are the mutated form of bacteria that has made them resistant to currently used antibiotics. ...
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Superbug

Superbug logo #20909Superbug: An informal term for a bacterium that has become resistant to antibiotics usually used to treat it, as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or any multiresistant bacterium. 'A drug-resistant superbug that spreads by skin contact is infecting thousands of people across the US and may now have reached Europe.' (New Scientist M...
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superbug logo #20400[n] - a strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
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superbug logo #21009superbug 1. A strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics. 2. Any of various disease-causing bacteria that develop a resistance to drugs normally used to control or eradicate them. If a bacterium carries several resistance genes, it is called multiresistant or, informally, a 'superbug'.
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superbug logo #20974Bemisia tabaci noun a strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
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superbug logo #21221Popular name given to an infectious bacterium that has developed resistance to most or all known antibiotics. The widespread use of antibiotics, their release into the environment, and the carelessness of patients who do not complete a treatment course have all contributed to the dangerous spread of genes conferring antibiotic resistance to their c...
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