Forecasting the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genomes

Antibiotic resistance spreads among bacteria through horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Here, Ellabaan et al. use a statistical approach to identify putative mobilisation elements and other features associated with ARG transfer among bacterial clades to predict the potential...

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Main Authors: Mostafa M. H. Ellabaan, Christian Munck, Andreas Porse, Lejla Imamovic, Morten O. A. Sommer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22757-1