Novel insights into selection for antibiotic resistance in complex microbial communities

mBio

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Murray, Aimee K ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a   Yin, Xiaole ^b   Zhang, Tong ^b   Buckling, Angus ^c   Snape, Jason ^d   Gaze, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Evolution; Metagenomics; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEFOTAXIME; RNA 16S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORINASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLACTX M GENE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA ALCALIFACIENS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTARIUS; SUPERNATANT; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

EID: 85054570722     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00969-18     Document Type: Article

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