Metagenomic insights into the distribution of antibiotic resistome between the gut-associated environments and the pristine environments

Environment International

Volumn 126, Issue , 2019, Pages 346-354

  Zeng, Jiaxiong ^a   Pan, Yu ^a   Yang, Jintao ^a   Hou, Mengtian ^a   Zeng, Zhenling ^a   Xiong, Wenguang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Environment; Host tracking; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

GENES; HEALTH RISKS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ENVIRONMENT; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; METAGENOMES; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; TRACKING ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMINOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACITRACIN; COLISTIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEA WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALTEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTOME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; BIOINFORMATICS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMF GENE; ESCHERICHIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST BACTERIUM INTERACTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MCR 1 GENE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; TETQ GENE; TETX GENE; UPPP GENE; VIBRIO; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; POLLUTANT;

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; SEAWATER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

EID: 85062108870     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.052     Document Type: Article

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