Into the wild: dissemination of antibiotic resistance determinants via a species recovery program.

Management strategies associated with captive breeding of endangered species can establish opportunities for transfer of pathogens and genetic elements between human and animal microbiomes. The class 1 integron is a mobile genetic element associated with clinical antibiotic resistance in gram-negati...

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Main Authors: Michelle L Power, Samantha Emery, Michael R Gillings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3661720?pdf=render