Increased abundance and transferability of resistance genes after field application of manure from sulfadiazine-treated pigs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1704-1711

  Jechalke, Sven ^a   Kopmann, Christoph ^a   Rosendahl, Ingrid ^b   Groeneweg, Joost ^c   Weichelt, Viola ^a   Krögerrecklenfort, Ellen ^a   Brandes, Nikola ^a   Nordwig, Mathias ^a   Ding, Guo Chun ^a   Siemens, Jan ^b   Heuer, Holger ^a   Smalla, Kornelia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SELECTIONS; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BULK SOILS; C CONTENTS; CONTROL TREATMENTS; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; MICROFLORA; PLANT ROOTS; RESISTANCE GENES; RIBOSOMAL GENES; SOIL COMMUNITY; SOIL ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MAMMALS; MANURES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFADIAZINE;

ABUNDANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MANURE; PIG; PLASMID; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; MANURE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; POACEAE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MANURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; POACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFADIAZINE; SWINE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84874695430     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03172-12     Document Type: Article

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