Influence of Soil Characteristics and Proximity to Antarctic Research Stations on Abundance of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Soils

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 50; no. 23; pp. 12621 - 12629
• Main Authors: Wang, Fang, Stedtfeld, Robert D, Kim, Ok-Sun, Chai, Benli, Yang, Luxi, Stedtfeld, Tiffany M, Hong, Soon Gyu, Kim, Dockyu, Lim, Hyoun Soo, Hashsham, Syed A, Tiedje, James M, Sul, Woo Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 06.12.2016
• Subjects: Antarctic region; Antarctica; anthropogenic activities; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; carbon; Contaminants; DNA primers; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial - genetics; edaphic factors; Genes; Genes, Bacterial - drug effects; humans; interspersed repetitive sequences; Organic carbon; pollution; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Relative abundance; Research centers; Reservoirs; resistance mechanisms; Risk assessment; silica; Silicon Dioxide - pharmacology; Soil; Soil contaminants; Soils; Antarctic region; PS, Antarctica, Ross Dependency, Terra Nova Bay; Antarctica
• ISSN: 0013-936X; 1520-5851; 1520-5851
• DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02863

Soil is an important environmental reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which are increasingly recognized as environmental contaminants. Methods to assess the risks associated with the acquisition or transfer of resistance mechanisms are still underdeveloped. Quantification of background...