Occurrence and Drivers of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Carried by Bacteriophages in Soils Following Different Fertilization Treatments

• Published in: Toxics (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 495
• Main Authors: Zhang, Mingdi, Guo, Yajie, Zhang, Yue, Hu, Xueying, Cheng, Shoutao, Wang, Xuming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 13.06.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Agricultural land; agricultural soil; Antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; Antibiotics; Bacteria; bacteriophages; droplet digital PCR; Drug resistance; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Fertilization; Fertilizers; Genes; Genomes; Microbiota; Multidrug resistance; Organic fertilizers; Phages; Soil chemistry; Soil microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soil properties; Soil resistance; Soils; Target detection; Tetracycline; Tetracyclines; United States; China; California; Beijing China; France; United States > US; antibiotic resistance genes; fertilization; droplet digital PCR; agricultural soil; bacteriophages

Fertilization has an important effect on soil antibiotic resistance. Most recent studies have focused on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) harbored by bacteria (bARGs); however, little is known about ARGs carried by soil bacteriophages (pARGs) under different fertilization treatments. Here, 24 pARG...