Diverse Bacterial Resistance Genes Detected in Fecal Samples From Clinically Healthy Women and Infants in Australia—A Descriptive Pilot Study

The gut microbiota is an immense reservoir of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), the so-called “resistome.” In Australia, where antibiotic use is high and resistance rates in some common pathogens are increasing, very little is known about the human resistome. To assess the presence and diversit...

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Main Authors: Vanina Guernier-Cambert, Anthony Chamings, Fiona Collier, Soren Alexandersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
AMR
NGS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.596984/full