Long-term exposure to antibiotics has caused accumulation of resistance determinants in the gut microbiota of honeybees

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tian, Baoyu ^a,b   Fadhil, Nibal H ^a   Powell, J Elijah ^a   Kwong, Waldan K ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HONEYBEE; INTESTINE FLORA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETB GENE; TETC GENE; TETH GENE; TETL GENE; TETM GENE; TETW GENE; TETY GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872164313     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00377-12     Document Type: Article

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