The diversity of uncharacterized antibiotic resistance genes can be predicted from known gene variants—but not always

Abstract Background Antibiotic resistance is considered one of the most urgent threats to modern healthcare, and the role of the environment in resistance development is increasingly recognized. It is often assumed that the abundance and diversity of known resistance genes are representative also fo...

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Main Author: Johan Bengtsson-Palme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0508-2