Discovery of the fourth mobile sulfonamide resistance gene

Discovery of the fourth mobile sulfonamide resistance gene

Abstract Background Over the past 75 years, human pathogens have acquired antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), often from environmental bacteria. Integrons play a major role in the acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes. We therefore hypothesized that focused exploration of integron gene cassette...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Razavi, Nachiket P. Marathe, Michael R. Gillings, Carl-Fredrik Flach, Erik Kristiansson, D. G. Joakim Larsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Evolution
Bioprospecting
Resistome
Metagenomics
Pharmaceutical
Environment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0379-y

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