Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Systems

• Autor principal: Amy Pruden (auth)
• Outros Autores: Satoru Suzuki (auth), Tong Zhang (auth), Marko Virta (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Eletrônico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• coleção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Microbiology (non-medical); Gene reservoir; aquatic environment; Resistance enhancement factor; horizontal gene transfer
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Rivers, lakes and the ocean receive antibiotic resistance genes from human environments. The aquatic environments are a huge reservoir and exchange stage of antibiotic resistance genes.