微生物群体组成和抗菌素耐药性的时间动态在使用文化学和转基因学方法的大规模聚会环境中

Neha Verma1,2, Nikeeta Chavan3, Karanbir S Aulakh1

  • 1Microbiological Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, 160036, India.

概括

大规模聚会可以增加抗生素耐药性 (AMR) 和改变微生物多样性. 这项研究发现,与对照样本相比,大型事件的水样中AMR菌株和基因较高,这凸显了AMR监测的必要性.

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