MOLECULAR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SPREAD OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Animal Biotechnology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 57-70
- https://doi.org/10.1081/abio-120005770
Abstract
In the following, studies on selection and spread of resistance genes from the bacterial flora of meat animals selected by use of growth promoters to the bacterial flora of humans will be reviewed.Keywords
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