Investigating antibiotic resistance in non-clinical environments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Walsh, Fiona ^a  

^a Education and Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Definition of resistance; Guidelines; Resistome; Soil; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875882423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00019     Document Type: Review

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