Superbugs in your shrimp: Deadly colistin-resistance genes ride on imported seafood

• In 2016, researchers discovered that colistin resistance could be transferred laterally among microbes.
• Researchers have isolated genes that confer colistin resistance from imported seafood purchased from markets in Atlanta, Ga.
• The findings suggest imported seafood could promote the spread of transmissible colistin resistance.

Colistin is a potent, last-resort antibiotic, used only to treat people with dangerous,…