Scientists warn melting ice could release 5,000-year-old superbug that resists 10 modern antibiotics | - The Times of India

Scientists warn melting ice could release 5,000-year-old superbug that resists 10 modern antibiotics | – The Times of India

Psychrobacter SC65A.3 is a 5,000-year-old cold-adapted bacterium resistant to multiple modern antibiotics/ AI Illustration A team of Romanian researchers has identified a bacterium preserved for roughly 5,000 years inside an underground ice deposit that can already withstand multiple modern antibiotics. The organism, recovered from Scărișoara Ice Cave in north-west Romania, survived frozen conditions for millennia…

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