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Amazon deforestation enriches antibiotic resistance genes
2021-02-01
Abstract excerpt
The expansion of livestock production and agriculture is responsible for the increase of deforestation rates in the Amazon rainforest, with consequences to climate and micro and macro biodiversity. Although many studies have evaluated the effects of deforestation on the microbiome, its effect on the soil resistome remains unknown. Considering that antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are a threat to global health an...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5e3bc292-dec6-5d36-9b25-2c2521881dbc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108110