Antibiotics, mitochondria and cancer treatment

That's a very interesting point. Presumably, mitochondria aren't rampantly sharing gene bits with each other, the way bacteria do, though possibly they might within a cell, it seems less likely between cells. I know some of the mitochondrial genes are actually now in the nucleus, and not solely within the mitochondria themselves. If you haven't read about how trauma triggers sepsis via massive release of mitochondrial proteins, see if you can find those articles. Mitos are still similar enough to their bacterial kin that the immune system goes nuts when a lot of mt proteins are outside the cells. I need to think about the interplay between bacterial resistance and mitochondria more.