Functional metagenomics reveals diverse Β-lactamases in a remote Alaskan soil

• Main Authors: Heather K. Allen, Luke A. Moe, Jitsupang Rodbumrer, Andra Gaarder, Jo Handelsman
• Other Authors: University of Wisconsin Madison
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/27057
• Institution: Mahidol University

Despite the threat posed by antibiotic resistance in infectious bacteria, little is known about the diversity, distribution and origins of resistance genes, particularly among the as yet unculturable environmental bacteria. One potentially rich but largely unstudied environmental reservoir is soil....