Vancomycin gene selection in the microbiome of urban Rattus norvegicus from hospital environment

Evolution, Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 219-226

  Hansen, Thomas Arn ^a   Joshi, Tejal ^b   Larsen, Anders Rhod ^c   Andersen, Paal Skytt ^c   Harms, Klaus ^a   Mollerup, Sarah ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a   Fuursted, Kurt ^c   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^c   Hansen, Anders Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Metagenomics; Rats; Rattus; Selection; Vanb; Vancomycin; Wild

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; HOSPITAL; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85032161511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/EMPH/EOW021     Document Type: Article

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