Sentences with phrase «also decrease its susceptibility»
To his surprise, he found that mutations allowing the bacterium to adapt to low - oxygen conditions in the mucus also decrease its susceptibility to antibiotics.
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The researchers also found genes in these isolates that confer resistance to numerous other antibiotics, as well as genes associated with decreased susceptibility to disinfectants.
A decrease in NK cells has also been associated with increased incidence of cancer as well as an increased susceptibility to colds and infections.
This not only decreases efficiency of an athlete's movements, but it can also increase the susceptibility to injury.