"MetaCompare 2.0":对生态和人类健康具有抗性风险的差异性排名

Monjura Afrin Rumi1, Min Oh1,2, Benjamin C Davis3,4

  • 1Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.

FEMS microbiology ecology
|November 9, 2024
PubMed
概括

MetaCompare 2.0将人类健康和生态风险与抗生素耐药性基因 (ARG) 区分开来. 该工具有助于理解对ARG传播和演变的环境影响,为各种微生物群体提供不同的风险评分.

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