Genomic interplay in bacterial communities: implications for growth promoting practices in animal husbandry

Genomic interplay in bacterial communities: implications for growth promoting practices in animal husbandry

The discovery of antibiotics heralded the start of a ‘Golden Age’ in the history of medicine. Over the years, the use of antibiotics extended beyond medical practice into animal husbandry, aquaculture and agriculture. While the ‘Golden Age’ featured the rapid discovery of a series of new classes of...

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Main Authors: Piklu eRoy Chowdhury, Jessica eMcKinnon, Ethan eWyrsch, Jef M Hammond, Ian G Charles, Steven Philip Djordjevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Lateral gene transfer
multi drug resistance
bacterial genomes
complex resistance loci
Antimicrobial growth promotion
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00394/full

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