Oxytetracycline reduces the diversity of tetracycline-resistance genes in the Galleria mellonella gut microbiome

Abstract Background Clinically-relevant multidrug resistance is sometimes present in bacteria not exposed to human-made antibiotics, in environments without extreme selective pressures, such as the insect gut. The use of antibiotics on naïve microbiomes often leads to decreased microbe diversity and...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Ignasiak, Anthony Maxwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1377-3