Application of manure from antibiotic-treated animals to crops facilitates the dissemination of antibiotic resistance determinants into the environment. However, our knowledge of the identity, diversity, and patterns of distribution of these antibiotic resistance determinants remains limited. We used a new combination of methods to examine the resistome of dairy cow manure, a common soil amendment. Metagenomic libraries constructed with DNA extracted from manure were screened for resistance to beta-lactams, phenicols, aminoglycosides, and tetracyclines. Functional screening of fosmid and small-insert libraries identified 80 different antibiotic resistance genes whose deduced protein sequences were on average 50 to 60% identical to sequences deposited in GenBank.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/diverse-antibiotic-resistance-genes-dairy-cow-manure
[2] http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/2/e01017-13
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/fabienne-wichmann
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nikolina-udikovic-kolic
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sheila-andrew-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/mbio
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-dung
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-care
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cattle
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
