antibiotic resistance (AR)
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Cow Manure Harbors Diverse New Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Staff Writer | Synergy Trak | April 22, 2014
Manure from dairy cows, which is commonly used as a farm soil fertilizer, contains a surprising number of newly identified antibiotic resistance genes from the cows' gut bacteria. The findings, reported in mBio® the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, hints that cow manure is a potential source of new types of antibiotic resistance genes that transfer to bacteria in the soils where food is grown...
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