Next-generation approaches to understand and combat the antibiotic resistome

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 422 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.28

Authors: Terence S. Crofts, Andrew J. Gasparrini & Gautam Dantas
Antibiotic resistance is a natural feature of diverse microbial ecosystems. Although recent studies of the antibiotic resistome have highlighted barriers to the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between habitats, the rapid global spread of genes that confer resistance to carbapenem, colistin and quinolone antibiotics

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - April 10, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Terence S. Crofts Andrew J. Gasparrini Gautam Dantas Tags: Review Source Type: research