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Functional metagenomic analysis reveals rivers are a reservoir for diverse antibiotic resistance genes.
Veterinary microbiology - 16 Jul 2014
Amos G C A, Zhang L, Hawkey P M, Gaze W H, Wellington E M
Abstract excerpt
The environment harbours a significant diversity of uncultured bacteria and a potential source of novel and extant resistance genes which may recombine with clinically important bacteria disseminated into environmental reservoirs. There is evidence that pollution can select for resistance due to...
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