Manure Compost Is a Potential Source of Tetracycline-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> and Tetracycline Resistance Genes in Japanese Farms

• Main Authors: Nobuki Yoshizawa (Author), Masaru Usui (Author), Akira Fukuda (Author), Tetsuo Asai (Author), Hidetoshi Higuchi (Author), Eiryu Okamoto (Author), Kanako Seki (Author), Hideshige Takada (Author), Yutaka Tamura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Manure compost has been thought of as a potential important route of transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from livestock to humans. To clarify the abundance of ARB and ARGs, ARB and ARGs were quantitatively determined in tetracycline-resist...