What happens to antibiotic resistance in bacteria when a new mutation provides resistance to multiple antibiotics?

💡 Explanation

When a mutation confers resistance to multiple antibiotics, horizontal gene transfer can quickly spread these genes to other bacteria because plasmids carrying resistance genes are easily shared. Therefore, antibiotic resistance can spread rapidly, rather than decreasing or becoming recessive traits which are less likely outcomes.

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