Antibiotic resistomes discovered in the gut microbiomes of Korean swine and cattle.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotics administered to farm animals have led to increasing prevalence of resistance genes in different microbiomes and environments. While antibiotic treatments help cure infectious diseases in farm animals, the possibility of spreading antibiotic resistance genes into the environment and human microbiomes raises significant concerns. Through long-term evolution, antibiotic resistance genes have mutated, thereby complicating the resistance problems.

Results

In this study, we performed deep sequencing of the gut microbiomes of 36 swine and 41 cattle in Korean farms, and metagenomic analysis to understand the diversity and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes. We found that aminoglycoside, β-lactam, lincosamide, streptogramin, and tetracycline were the pre

SUBMITTER: Lim SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317084 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature