Tag: mobile_laboratory

Mobile Lab Uncovers Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria in Galápagos Waters

5 Aug 2026 2:26 a.m.

Penn researchers deployed a mobile lab in the Galápagos, uncovering multi-drug resistant bacteria in wastewater hot spots. The bacteria are reorganizing resistance genes, posing a risk for new, uniquely resistant strains.

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