Insights into coastal microbial antibiotic resistome through a meta-transcriptomic approach in Yucatan.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic resistance (AR) is one of the greatest human and clinical challenges associated with different pathogenic organisms. However, in recent years it has also become an environmental problem due to the widespread use of antibiotics in humans and livestock activities. The ability to resist antibiotics comes from antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and our understanding of their presence in coastal environments is still limited. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to explore the presence and possible differences in the microbial resistome of four sites from the Yucatan coast through the evaluation of the composition and abundance of ARGs using a high-throughput analysis of metatranscriptomic sequences. In total, 3,498 ARGs were uncovered, which participate in the resistanc

SUBMITTER: Guillen-Chable F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618888 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature