Heavy Metal Pollution and Co-Selection for Antibiotic Resistance: A Microbial Palaeontology Approach

• Main Author: Dickinson, Andrew William
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Bacterial infections; Drug resistance; Heavy metals; Nickel; Pathology; Pharmacology; Plasmids

The introduction of heavy metals into the environment can modify the microbial community and their activity. Due to the persistence of metals in soils and sediments, it is implicated that increased tolerance to heavy metals may be a driving factor in the maintenance of antibiotic resistance in the e...