Antibiotics and the human gut microbiome: dysbioses and accumulation of resistances
The human microbiome is overly exposed to antibiotics, due, not only to their medical use, but also to their utilization in farm animals and crops. Microbiome composition can be rapidly altered by exposure to antibiotics, with potential immediate effects on health, for instance through the selection...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01543/full |