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Given that being on antibiotics for long periods of time can disrupt or eliminate beneficial gut bacteria, have there been any efforts to engineer said bacteria to be antibiotic resistant? Or do we have evidence of this occuring naturally over time?

by /u/TacosArePeopleToo in /r/askscience

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