History of mankind is regarded as struggle against infectious diseases. Rather than
observing the withering away of bacterial diseases, antibiotic resistance has emerged as a …

As recently indiscriminate abuse of existing antibiotics in both clinical and veterinary
treatment leads to proliferation of antibiotic resistance in microbes and poses a dilemma for …

Class 1 integrase int I1 has been considered as a good proxy for anthropogenic pollution
because of being linked to genes conferring resistance to antibiotics. The gene cassettes of …

The risk associated with antibiotic resistance disseminating from animal and human feces is
an urgent public issue. In the present study, we sought to establish a pipeline for annotating …

The gut microbiota is amongst the most densely populated microbial ecosystem on earth.
While the microbiome exerts numerous health beneficial functions, the high density of micro …

Antibiotic resistance development and pathogen cross-dissemination are both considered
essential risks to human health on a worldwide scale. Antimicrobial resistance genes …

The prevalence of pathogenic multi-drug resistant (MDR) extended-spectrum β-lactamase
(ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli is rapidly increasing, becoming a global concern. In a …

Integrons are versatile gene acquisition systems that allow efficient capturing of exogenous
genes and ensure their expression. Various classes of integrons possessing a wide variety …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) play critical roles in transferring antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) among different microorganisms in the environment. This study aimed to explore the …

This study examined in detail the population structure of Escherichia coli from healthy adults
with respect to the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and specific resistance determinants …