The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to resist the effects of an antibiotic to which they were once sensitive. Antibiotic resistance is a major concern of overuse of antibiotics. Also known as drug resistance.

Ability of a microorganism to grow despite the presence of an antibiotic

Heritable changes in bacteria that allow them to withstand antibiotic treatments that would normally kill them.

  The ability of a micro-organism to produce a protein that disables an antibiotic or prevents transport of the antibiotic into the cell.

Plasmids generally contain genes which confer on the host bacterium the ability to survive a given antibiotic. If the plasmid pBR322 is present in a host, that host will not be killed by (moderate levels of) ampicillin or tetracycline. By using plasmids containing antibiotic resistance genes, the researcher can kill off all the bacteria which have [..]

Antibiotic resistance is the result of microbes changing in ways that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents to cure or prevent infections. Source: CDC

The ability of bacteria to tolerate an antibiotic and survive being exposed to it. Bacteria may develop this resistance naturally after being exposed to it over many years.

This refers to bacteria's ability to adapt, through the process of natural selection, and build up a tolerance to antibiotics. These adaptations resistance allow the organism to survive even in t [..]

Ability of a microorganism (such as bacteria) to resist the effects of an antibiotic drug.

The ability of bacteria to avoid being killed by an antibiotic. Mutations within a large population may allow one or more bacteria to resist being killed and through cell division create an entire pop [..]

The ability of a particular strain or group of bacteria to prevent an antibiotic from adversely affecting the bacteria

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When bacteria become able to survive treatment with a particular antibiotic.

the ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to resist the effects of an antibiotic to which they were once sensitive.

Antibiotic resistance refers specifically to the resistance to antibiotics that occurs in common bacteria that cause infections. The evolution of resistant strains is a natural phenomenon that occurs [..]

A type of drug resistance where a microorganism is able to survive exposure to an antibiotic.

The ability of a bacterium tosynthesise a protein that neutralises an antibiotic. (09 Oct 1997)

The ability of a microorganism to produce a protein that disables an antibiotic or prevents transport of the antibiotic into the cell.