The structure and diversity of human, animal and environmental resistomes

2016508 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Johan Bengtsson‐Palme · University of Gothenburg

Erik Kristiansson · University of Gothenburg

D. G. Joakim Larsson · University of Gothenburg

Abstract

Our study identifies air and antibiotic-polluted environments as under-investigated transmission routes and reservoirs for antibiotic resistance. The high taxonomic and genetic diversity of external environments supports the hypothesis that these also form vast sources of unknown resistance genes, with potential to be transferred to pathogens in the future.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Gut microbiota and health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Microbiome

Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 54-54

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0199-5

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