Safely coupling livestock and crop production systems: How rapidly do antibiotic resistance genes dissipate in soil following a commercial application of swine or dairy manure?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3258-3265

  Marti, Romain ^a   Tien, Yuan Ching ^a   Murray, Roger ^a   Scott, Andrew ^a   Sabourin, Lyne ^a   Topp, Edward ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOILS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; MANURE APPLICATIONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

MANURES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERTILIZER; MANURE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; SEASON; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FERTILIZERS; GENE DOSAGE; KINETICS; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899068465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00231-14     Document Type: Article

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