The human gut resistome

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1670, 2015, Pages

  van Schaik, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus faecium; Gut commensals; Gut microbiota; Metagenomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84928656121     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0087     Document Type: Article

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