ORGANIC FERTILIZATION CO-SELECTS GENETICALLY LINKED ANTIBIOTIC AND METAL(LOID) RESISTANCE GENES IN GLOBAL SOIL MICROBIOME

Organic fertilization co-selects genetically linked antibiotic and metal(loid) resistance genes in global soil microbiome

Abstract Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and metal(loid) resistance genes (MRGs) coexist in organic fertilized agroecosystems based on their correlations in abundance, yet evidence for the genetic linkage of ARG-MRGs co-selected by organic fertilization remains elusive.Here, an analysis of 511 global agricultural soil metagenomes reveals that or

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