We’ve all heard about antibiotic resistance, but is it also possible for bacteria to develop resistance to common disinfectants, like bleach, alcohol and soap?
I was reading this story and was sort of confused as to what was going on
We’ve all heard about antibiotic resistance, but is it also possible for bacteria to develop resistance to common disinfectants, like bleach, alcohol and soap?
I was reading this story and was sort of confused as to what was going on
Also to give my just gut feeling answer to the question, the spore stage already is a form of resistance to disinfectants for bacteria, we just have fairly reliable ways to deal with that anyways. The big problem with antibiotics resistance is that antibiotics are what we use to kill bacteria in living things, living things that cannot just be blasted with hot steam, radiation or fucked up chemicals until nothing lives there anymore.