Mobile resistome of human gut and pathogen drives anthropogenic bloom of antibiotic resistance

Mobile resistome of human gut and pathogen drives anthropogenic bloom of antibiotic resistance

Abstract Background The impact of human activities on the environmental resistome has been documented in many studies, but there remains the controversial question of whether the increased antibiotic resistance observed in anthropogenically impacted environments is just a result of contamination by...

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Main Authors: Kihyun Lee, Dae-Wi Kim, Do-Hoon Lee, Yong-Seok Kim, Ji-Hye Bu, Ju-Hee Cha, Cung Nawl Thawng, Eun-Mi Hwang, Hoon Je Seong, Woo Jun Sul, Elizabeth M. H. Wellington, Christopher Quince, Chang-Jun Cha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance gene
Resistome
Mobile genetic element
Horizontal gene transfer
Human gut microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0774-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0774-7

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