MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Microbiome diversity: A barrier to the environmental spread of antimicrobial resistance?
U. Klümper, G. Gionchetta, E. C. Catao…·T. U. Berendonk
The paper investigates whether microbial diversity acts as a barrier to the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment, finding that higher diversity correlates with lower ARG abundance in structured soils but not in dynamic rivers.
DOI 10.1101/2023.03.30.534382