Microbiome diversity: A barrier to the environmental spread of antimicrobial resistance?
U. Klümper, G. Gionchetta, E. C. Catao, X. Bellanger, I. Dielacher, P. Fang, S. Galazka, A. Goryluk-Salmonowicz, D. Kneis, U. Okoroafor, L.-E. Radu, M. Szadziul, E. Szekeres, A. Teban-Man, C. Coman, , 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.
bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology