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10-14-2006, 04:40 PM #1OPSenior Member
Evolution and antibiotics
Antibiotics contain chemicals designed not to kill, but to destroy working parts of a bacterium. Each antibiotic contains a certain chemical designed to destroy certain types of bacteria (cocci, gram positive, anaerobic, ect). The reason different types of antibiotics change frequently is due to bacteria morphing their features, thus producing strains of bacteria which no longer respond to certain antibiotics due to a gene mutation from chronic exposure.
Examples of the the most common bacteria are Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Antibiotics are continually developed by studying the mutations that allow bacteria to live despite being hammered by antibiotics. This in and of itself is a proven form of microevolution, mimicking the process of natural selection, and giving a sound basis for the theory of evolution.
My question is for people against the theory of evolution, as well as anyone who would like to share:
Why do anti-evolutionists take antibiotics, when they are theoretically consuming a product that is a direct byproduct of the theory of evolution? Isn't that hypocrisy?Purple Banana Reviewed by Purple Banana on . Evolution and antibiotics Antibiotics contain chemicals designed not to kill, but to destroy working parts of a bacterium. Each antibiotic contains a certain chemical designed to destroy certain types of bacteria (cocci, gram positive, anaerobic, ect). The reason different types of antibiotics change frequently is due to bacteria morphing their features, thus producing strains of bacteria which no longer respond to certain antibiotics due to a gene mutation from chronic exposure. Examples of the the most common Rating: 5
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