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How do bacteria evolve resistance to the antibiotics?

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Step-by-step explanation:

There are two main ways that bacterial cells can acquire antibiotic resistance.

One is through mutations that occur in the DNA of the cell during replication.

The other way that bacteria acquire resistance is through horizontal gene transfer

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