Prevalence of Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Surface Water Samples Collected from Germany and Australia

Stoll, Claudia; Sidhu, Jatinder; Tiehm, Andreas; Toze, S.

doi:10.1021/es302020s

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Prevalence of Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Surface Water Samples Collected from Germany and Australia

Published in Environmental Science & Technology • Jul 30, 2012

Authors:

Claudia Stoll

Jatinder Sidhu

Andreas Tiehm

Abstract

The prevalence and proliferation of antibiotic resistant bacteria is profoundly important to human health, but the extent to which aquatic environments contribute toward the dissemination of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) is poorly understood. The prevalence of 24 ARGs active against eight antibi...

Subject

Antibiotic resistance

Chloramphenicol

Biology

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