Bacteria not allowed to mutate

Read this news story. The researchers claim to have found a molecule which prevents bacteria from mutating to become resistant to antibiotics.

How can a molecule stop evolution? What prevents bacteria to become resistant to that molecule (in short term or long term) ?

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