Mobilizable antibiotic resistance genes are present in dust microbial communities.

The decades-long global trend of urbanization has led to a population that spends increasing amounts of time indoors. Exposure to microbes in buildings, and specifically in dust, is thus also increasing, and has been linked to various health outcomes and to antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). These...

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Main Authors: Sarah Ben Maamar, Adam J Glawe, Taylor K Brown, Nancy Hellgeth, Jinglin Hu, Ji-Ping Wang, Curtis Huttenhower, Erica M Hartmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008211&type=printable
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