Metagenomics of urban sewage identifies an extensively shared antibiotic resistome in China
Abstract Background Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are challenging treatment of infections worldwide. Urban sewage is potentially a major conduit for dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes into various environmental compartments. However, the diversity and abundance of such genes in wastewater...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0298-y |