Metagenomic and network analysis reveal wide distribution and co-occurrence of environmental antibiotic resistance genes

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2490-2502

  Li, Bing ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Ma, Liping ^a   Ju, Feng ^a   Guo, Feng ^a   Tiedje, James M ^b   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MEDICINE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POULTRY; PROTEIN;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; WASTE WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; FECES; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; PIG; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FECES; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SWINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84945484378     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.59     Document Type: Article

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