The effects of subtherapeutic antibiotic use in farm animals on the proliferation and persistence of antibiotic resistance among soil bacteria

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-203

  Ghosh, Sudeshna ^a   LaPara, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Chlortetracycline; Concentrated animal feeding operation; Lateral gene transfer; Subtherapeutic

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MANURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547345994     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.31     Document Type: Article

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