1 option
Role and prevalence of antibiosis and the related resistance genes in the environment / topic editors, Sylvie Nazaret and Rustam Aminov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rustam Aminov
- Series:
- Frontiers Research Topics, 1664-8714
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antibiosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Frontiers Media SA 2015
- [Lausanne, Switzerland] : Frontiers Media SA, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It becomes increasingly clear that the basis of antibiotic resistance problem among bacterial pathogens is not confined to the borders of clinical microbiology but has broader ecological and evolutionary associations. This Research Topic “Role and prevalence of antibiosis and the related resistance genes in the environment” in Frontiers in Microbiology, section Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy, presents the examples of occurrence and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in the wide range of environments, from the grasslands of the Colombian Andes, to the dairy farms and small animal veterinary hospitals in the United Stated, and to the various environments of Continental Europe and Indochina. Besides, various genetic mechanisms and selection/co-selection factors contributing to the dissemination and maintenance of antibiotic resistance genes are presented. The topic is finalized by the mathematical modeling approach to access the probability of rare horizontal gene transfer events in bacterial populations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (frontiers, viewed Jun. 21, 2016).
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.