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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics vs. Darwinism (again)

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A kind UD reader sends word of a news story and paper on E coli bacteria’s strategy for becoming resistant to antibiotics. The reader comments, “It would seem that this paper outlines processes that are decidedly non-Darwinian. Indeed, in very significant ways E. Coli. seems designed to resist antibiotics. Take a look, pass it along, I would think it would be an interesting topic for discussion on your site.”

Any thoughts, combox? Pardon me if this has been raised before. By the way, I also posted a bunch of new stuff at The Post-Darwinist.

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Very interesting. Wonderful example of intelligent, complex, designed, regulated adaptation to an environmental stress, utilizing highly specific genomic content. Am I wrong, or no mention is made of RM + NS? Wasn't bacterial resistance a milestone of darwinian evolution, and a true example of "speciation in action"?gpuccio
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