Unveiling the Microbiome Landscape: A Metagenomic Study of Bacterial Diversity, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Factors in the Sediments of the River Ganga, India

• Main Authors: Ajaya Kumar Rout (Author), Partha Sarathi Tripathy (Author), Sangita Dixit (Author), Dibyajyoti Uttameswar Behera (Author), Bhaskar Behera (Author), Basanta Kumar Das (Author), Bijay Kumar Behera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The global rise in antibiotic resistance, fueled by indiscriminate antibiotic usage in medicine, aquaculture, agriculture, and the food industry, presents a significant public health challenge. Urban wastewater and sewage treatment plants have become key sources of antibiotic resistance proliferatio...