Metagenomic analysis reveals that bacteriophages are reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-167

  Subirats, Jéssica ^a   Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre ^a   Borrego, Carles M ^a   Balcázar, José Luis ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Bacteriophages; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CELL PROTEIN; CONTIG; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RESISTANCE NODULATION CELL DIVISION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BLA OXA 10 GENE; BLA OXA 24 GENE; BLA OXA 58 GENE; BLA TEM 1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CAUDOVIRALES; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAUDOVIRALES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; HOSPITALS; METAGENOMICS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84979697098     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.04.028     Document Type: Article

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