These bacteria are able to swap some of the antibiotic resistance genes with one another.

这些细菌能够相互交换一些抗生素抗性基因。

But those antibiotic resistance genes – which scientists collectively call the resistome – have to come from somewhere.

但是那些抗生素抗性基因——科学家们统称为抗性基因组——必须来自某个地方。