Oxytetracycline reduces the diversity of tetracycline-resistance genes in the Galleria mellonella gut microbiome.
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Clinically-relevant multidrug resistance is sometimes present in bacteria not exposed to human-made antibiotics, in environments without extreme selective pressures, such as the insect gut. The use of antibiotics on naïve microbiomes often leads to decreased microbe diversity and increased antibiotic resistance.