Functional characterization of bacteria isolated from ancient arctic soil exposes diverse resistance mechanisms to modern antibiotics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Perron, Gabriel G ^a,b,c   Whyte, Lyle ^d   Turnbaugh, Peter J ^a,e   Goordial, Jacqueline ^d   Hanage, William P ^f   Dantas, Gautam ^g   Desai, Michael M ^a,b,h  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERMAFROST; PHYLOGENY; RESERVOIR; ARCTIC; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METAGENOMICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84926207910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069533     Document Type: Article

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