隐藏的储备高度适应的多宿主等离子体,在健康的人群中传播抗生素基因

Na Han1, Xianhui Peng1, Tingting Zhang1

  • 1National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.

The ISME journal
|January 23, 2026
PubMed
概括

对人类肠道等离子体的研究揭示了一种隐形等离子体,pGut1,在健康个体中普遍存在. 这种适应性强的等离子体无声无息地传播抗生素耐药性基因,可能为病原体提供装备,并推动抗菌素耐药性.

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