Antibiotic resistance potential of the healthy preterm infant gut microbiome
Background Few studies have investigated the gut microbiome of infants, fewer still preterm infants. In this study we sought to quantify and interrogate the resistome within a cohort of premature infants using shotgun metagenomic sequencing. We describe the gut microbiomes from preterm but healthy i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-01-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2928.pdf |