Insights into novel antimicrobial compounds and antibiotic resistance genes from soil metagenomes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  de Castro, Alinne P ^a   Fernandes, Gabriel da R ^b   Franco, Octávio L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DOM BOSCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug development; Metagenome; Resistance genes; Soil

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 84907690161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00489     Document Type: Review

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