Potential impacts of aquatic pollutants: Sub-clinical antibiotic concentrations induce genome changes and promote antibiotic resistance

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Chow, Louise ^a   Waldron, Liette ^a   Gillings, Michael R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic pollution; Antibiotic resistance; Evolution; Microbiome; SOS response

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 84940906353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00803     Document Type: Article

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