Staph infections can be very dangerous, especially ones caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA is problematic because it is not sensitive to the antibiotic methicillin, which is commonly used to treat staph infections. Which of the following statements best describes why MRSA is able to continue to multiply and spread in the presence of methicillin?
A. Antibiotics evolve every generation and eventually become ineffective.
B. The genes that carry resistance in MRSA are continuously passed on to the next generation.
C. MRSA has the ability to reproduce at a much faster rate in the presence of methicillin.
D. Methicillin is able to pass a gene to MRSA that enables it to carry resistance to the next generation.