New Delhi ‘Superbug’ Gene Found In Arctic

Soil samples taken in Svalbard -- a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole -- have now confirmed the spread of blaNDM-1 (called New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1) into the High Arctic.

Superbug Gene

• This Antibiotic-Resistant Gene (ARG), originally found in Indian clinical settings, conditionally provides multi-drug resistance (MDR) in microorganisms.
• NDM-1 was first identified in New Delhi and coded by the resistant gene blaNDM-1.
• The enzyme that makes bacteria drug resistant got New Delhi in its name because it was first detected in a Swedish patient of Indian origin who travelled to India in 2008.
• British scientists later found the “superbug” in ....