Bacteriophages limitedly contribute to the antimicrobial resistome of microbial communities in wastewater treatment plants

ABSTRACT Bacteriophages are known as players in the transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) by horizontal gene transfer. In this study, we characterized the bacteriophage community and the associated ARGs to estimate the potential for phages to spread ARGs in aquatic ecosystems analyzi...

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Main Authors: Raffaella Sabatino, Tomasa Sbaffi, Periyasamy Sivalingam, Gianluca Corno, Diego Fontaneto, Andrea Di Cesare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01101-23