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– A bacterium found resistant to an antibiotic since the very beginning is intrinsically resistant to that antibiotic. Eg: Novobiocin resistance in S.saprophyticus. – A bacterium acquiring resistance to an antibiotic through plasmid, transposon or due to a chromosomal mutation is acquired resistance. Eg: Penicillin resistance.
