The antibiotic resistome: gene flow in environments, animals and human beings

Frontiers of Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 161-168

  Hu, Yongfei ^a,b,c   Gao, George F ^a,b,c,d,e   Zhu, Baoli ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Key Laboratory of Microbial Drug Resistance and Resistome   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; gene flow; microbiome; resistome

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; HUMANS;

EID: 85019171344     PISSN: 20950217     EISSN: 20950225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-017-0531-x     Document Type: Review

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