Triclosan at environmentally relevant concentrations promotes horizontal transfer of multidrug resistance genes within and across bacterial genera

Background: Antibiotic resistance poses an increasing threat to public health. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) promoted by antibiotics is recognized as a significant pathway to disseminate antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, it is unclear whether non-antibiotic, anti-microbial (NAAM) chemica...

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Main Authors: Ji Lu, Yue Wang, Jie Li, Likai Mao, Son Hoang Nguyen, Tania Duarte, Lachlan Coin, Philip Bond, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018317264