Metagenomics of urban sewage identifies an extensively shared antibiotic resistome in China.
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SUBMITTER: Su JQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5517792 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
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Metagenomics of urban sewage identifies an extensively shared antibiotic resistome in China.
Su Jian-Qiang JQ An Xin-Li XL Li Bing B Chen Qing-Lin QL Gillings Michael R MR Chen Hong H Zhang Tong T Zhu Yong-Guan YG
Microbiome 20170719 1
<h4>Background</h4>Antibiotic-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 are not well known.<h4>Methods</h4>Here, seasonal and geographical distributions of antibiotic resistance genes and their host bacterial communities from Chinese urban sewage were characterized, using ...[more]
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