Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in microbial ecosystems through horizontal gene transfer

Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in microbial ecosystems through horizontal gene transfer

The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has been a rising problem for public health in recent decades. It is becoming increasingly recognized that not only antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) encountered in clinical pathogens are of relevance, but rather, all patho...

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Main Authors: Christian Johannes Hendrik Von Wintersdorff, John ePenders, Julius M van Niekerk, Nathan Dominic Mills, Snehali eMajumder, Lieke B van Alphen, Paul HM Savelkoul, Petra FG Wolffs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
Transduction
conjugation
transformation
resistome
GTA
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00173/full

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