The Impact of Urban Pollution on Plasmid-Mediated Resistance Acquisition in Enterobacteria from a Tropical River

• Main Authors: Bradd Mendoza-Guido (Author), Kenia Barrantes (Author), César Rodríguez (Author), Keilor Rojas-Jimenez (Author), Maria Arias-Andres (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<b>Background:</b> The exposure of environmental bacteria to contaminants in aquatic ecosystems accelerates the dissemination of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) through horizontal gene transfer (HGT). <b>Methods:</b> In this study, we sampled three locations along a contam...