Objects in the far corners of the world warn of a new pandemic, such as “Corona”
Scientists have discovered strains of what they say are "superbugs" in Antarctica, which may cause a new pandemic to sweep the world, such as the Corona pandemic.
And according to what the “Yahoo News” website quoted scientists as saying, the worrying thing about these bacteria is their ability to rebuild themselves and confront antibiotics, which makes current medicines in humans useless, according to “Sky News Arabia.”
Chilean scientists made this shocking discovery, according to the news site, while they were researching climate change and its impact on the spread of bacteria that have been frozen in ice for thousands of years.
They warn that climate change means these bacteria will have the ability to spread beyond the polar regions, with potentially disastrous consequences.
These results came during a study published in the scientific journal "Total Environment", and the research was led by Andres Marcoleta, a professor at the University of Chile.
It is widely believed that bats were the source of the Corona pandemic, which began in the Wuhan region in China before spreading to the world in late 2019.
Marcoleta said the portable DNA fragments contain a "super power" that has evolved to withstand extreme conditions and can pass on to other bacteria.
He added: "We know that the soils of the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the areas of Antarctica most affected by melting ice, contains a large diversity of bacteria, some of which are a potential source of antibiotic resistance genes."
After experts collected samples of bacteria on the continent, they were stunned by many of them that were not indestructible, and to the surprise of scientists, they showed strong resistance to antibiotics and other toxic substances.
Scientists expected that these genes, if left in place, would be a promoting factor for the emergence and spread of infectious diseases.
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