Environmental Spread of Antibiotic Resistance

• Main Authors: Nicholas Skandalis (Author), Marlène Maeusli (Author), Dimitris Papafotis (Author), Sarah Miller (Author), Bosul Lee (Author), Ioannis Theologidis (Author), Brian Luna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic resistance represents a global health concern. Soil, water, livestock and plant foods are directly or indirectly exposed to antibiotics due to their agricultural use or contamination. This selective pressure has acted synergistically to bacterial competition in nature to breed antibiotic-...