The human microbiome as a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Penders, John ^a   Stobberingh, Ellen E ^a   Savelkoul, Paul H M ^a   Wolffs, Petra F G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Gut microbiota; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Resistome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84884228959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00087     Document Type: Short Survey

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