Novel Soil-Derived Beta-Lactam, Chloramphenicol, Fosfomycin and Trimethoprim Resistance Genes Revealed by Functional Metagenomics

• Main Authors: Inka Marie Willms (Author), Maja Grote (Author), Melissa Kocatürk (Author), Lukas Singhoff (Author), Alina Andrea Kraft (Author), Simon Henning Bolz (Author), Heiko Nacke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil are considered to represent one of the largest environmental resistomes on our planet. As these genes can potentially be disseminated among microorganisms via horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and in some cases are acquired by clinical pathogens, knowledge abo...