Characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in the species of the rumen microbiota

Here, the authors combine in silico analysis of 435 genomes of ruminal bacteria and archaea with transcriptomics and in vitro assays to investigate the distribution, expression and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes within the ruminal microbiota, finding that the tet(W) gene is under positive s...

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Main Authors: Yasmin Neves Vieira Sabino, Mateus Ferreira Santana, Linda Boniface Oyama, Fernanda Godoy Santos, Ana Júlia Silva Moreira, Sharon Ann Huws, Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13118-0