Dominance of phage particles carrying antibiotic resistance genes in the viromes of retail food sources

Abstract excerpt

The growth of antibiotic resistance has stimulated interest in understanding the mechanisms by which antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) are mobilized. Among them, studies analyzing the presence of ARGs in the viral fraction of environmental, food and human samples, and reporting bacteriophages as vehicles of ARG transmission, have been the focus of increasing research. However, it has been argued that in these...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
• Share to Plant Virus Research Studies
• Share to Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology