The role of biofilms as environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance has become a significant and growing threat to public and environmental health. To face this problem both at local and global scales, a better understanding of the sources and mechanisms that contribute to the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is required. Recent st...

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Main Authors: Jose Luis eBalcazar, Jéssica eSubirats, Carles M. eBorrego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01216/full