Validated predictive modelling of the environmental resistome

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1467-1476

  Amos, Gregory C ^a,g   Gozzard, Emma ^b   Carter, Charlotte E ^a   Mead, Andrew ^a,c   Bowes, Mike J ^b   Hawkey, Peter M ^d,e   Zhang, Lihong ^a,f   Singer, Andrew C ^b   Gaze, William H ^f   Wellington, Elizabeth M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; DRUG RESISTANCE; EFFLUENT; HEALTH RISK; LAND COVER; MODEL VALIDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ENGLAND; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENGLAND; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INTEGRON; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTEGRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84929653484     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.237     Document Type: Article

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