Phages rarely encode antibiotic resistance genes: A cautionary tale for virome analyses

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 237-247

  Enault, François ^a,b   Briet, Arnaud ^c   Bouteille, Léa ^c   Roux, Simon ^d   Sullivan, Matthew B ^d,e   Petit, Marie Agnès ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, VIRAL; METAGENOME; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84975275010     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.90     Document Type: Article

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