Exposure of a Tropical Soil to mg/kg of Oxytetracycline Elicits Hormetic Responses in the Catabolic Activities of its Microbial Community
Many farmers in developing countries protect their crops with oxytetracycline and fertilize their farmlands with manure from animals that received this drug as growth promoter. In this study, a tropical soil was exposed to 0.1 mg kg −1 , 1 mg kg −1 , and 10 mg kg −1 of oxytetracycline for 22 days to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.10-045.Rodriguez |