Does organically produced lettuce harbor higher abundance of antibiotic resistance genes than conventionally produced?

Environment International

Volumn 98, Issue , 2017, Pages 152-159

  Zhu, Bokai ^a   Chen, Qinglin ^b   Chen, Songcan ^c   Zhu, Yong Guan ^b,c  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Network analysis; Phyllosphere; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEGETABLES;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS; PHYLLOSPHERES;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABUNDANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; VEGETABLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; GENE DOSAGE; LETTUCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTUCA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LETTUCE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84997706169     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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