Genomics of IncP-1 antibiotic resistance
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Andreas Schlüter; Rafael Szczepanowski; Alfred Pühler; Eva M. Top
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The dramatic spread of antibiotic resistance is a crisis in the treatment of infectious diseases that affect humans. Several studies suggest that wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are reservoirs for diverse mobile antibiotic resistance elements. This review summarizes findings derived from genomic