Publication Date:
2013-07-25
Description:
Article The appearance of antibiotic resistance has been attributed to the misuse of antibiotics. By analysing the diversity of antibiotic resistance genes present in 162 human gut microbiota samples, the authors find that Chinese individuals harbour a larger pool of resistance genes than Spanish or Danish counterparts. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms3151 Authors: Yongfei Hu, Xi Yang, Junjie Qin, Na Lu, Gong Cheng, Na Wu, Yuanlong Pan, Jing Li, Liying Zhu, Xin Wang, Zhiqi Meng, Fangqing Zhao, Di Liu, Juncai Ma, Nan Qin, Chunsheng Xiang, Yonghong Xiao, Lanjuan Li, Huanming Yang, Jian Wang, Ruifu Yang, George F. Gao, Jun Wang, Baoli Zhu
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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