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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22757-1 |