A Functional Metagenomic Analysis of Tetracycline Resistance in Cheese Bacteria

Metagenomic techniques have been successfully used to monitor antibiotic resistance genes in environmental, animal and human ecosystems. However, despite the claim that the food chain plays a key role in the spread of antibiotic resistance, metagenomic analysis has scarcely been used to investigate...

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Main Authors: Ana B. Flórez, Lucía Vázquez, Baltasar Mayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00907/full