Correlation Study on Antibiotic Resistance and Antibacterial Activity of Soil Microorganisms in Lop Nur.

Microorganisms · 2025 · PMC12472750 · PMID 41011409

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.16not close (p > 0.1)

Metabolic Trade-Off Between Multidrug Resistance and Antibacterial Activity Although a weak positive correlation was observed (Spearman’s ρ = 0.46), it did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.16).

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a weak trendno p-value reported

This indicates a weak trend that strains with higher resistance levels tend to show slightly stronger inhibitory effects on the tested pathogens, although the results are not statistically significant.

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