Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Clams-A Study on Mussels in the River Rhine

• Main Authors: Nicole Zacharias (Author), Iris Löckener (Author), Sarah M. Essert (Author), Esther Sib (Author), Gabriele Bierbaum (Author), Thomas Kistemann (Author), Christiane Schreiber (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacterial infections have been treated effectively by antibiotics since the discovery of penicillin in 1928. A worldwide increase in the use of antibiotics led to the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains in almost all bacterial pathogens, which complicates the treatment of infectious diseases....