Metagenomics of urban sewage identifies an extensively shared antibiotic resistome in China
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DOI: 10.1186/s40168-017-0298-y
Abstract: BackgroundAntibiotic-resistant pathogens are challenging treatment of infections worldwide. Urban sewage is potentially a major conduit for dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes into various environmental compartments. However, the diversity and abundance of such genes in wastewater… read more here.
Keywords: resistome; resistance; extensively shared; urban sewage ... See more keywords