The role of natural environments in the evolution of resistance traits in pathogenic bacteria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1667, 2009, Pages 2521-2530

  Martinez, Jose L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic pollution; Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial evolution; Environmental micro organisms; Infectious diseases; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PATHOGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67650486955     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0320     Document Type: Review

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