Effect of Soil Type, Composting, and Antibiotic Use on Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microbial Community Composition in Dairy and Beef Manure Applied Soils
Manure is a commonly used soil fertilizer, but there are concerns that this practice could affect the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from farm to fork. A microcosm-scale study evaluated the effect of prior antibiotic use (manure-based soil amendments generated from dairy and beef cattl...
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Virginia Tech
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86672 |