Functional metagenomics reveals previously unrecognized diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in gulls

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Martiny, Adam C ^a   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^a   Weihe, Claudia ^a   Field, Andrew ^a   Ellis, Julie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Herring gulls; Larus argentatus; Metagenomics; Verrucomicrobia

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; POSIBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84862592219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00238     Document Type: Article

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