Re:Positive Mutations & Antibiotics (Score 2, Informative)

Actually, the 'superbugs' that are resistant to antibiotics do not fare very well when competing with standard bacteria outside the presense of the antibiotic they are resistant to. The mutations selected information that was beneficial for a situation. The selection is actually a degradation in certain surface receptors. That represents a loss of genetic information not a gain. The resistant organisms are actually genetically weaker than the original strain. I don't have my reference in front of me, but if you reply and are interested I'll dig it up for you.