Bottlenecks in the transmission of antibiotic resistance from natural ecosystems to human bacterial pathogens
It is generally accepted that resistance genes acquired by human pathogens trough horizontal gene transfer have been originated in environmental, non pathogenic bacteria. As the consequence, there exists an increasing concern on the role that natural, non-clinical ecosystems, may play on the evoluti...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00265/full |