A database on the abundance of environmental antibiotic resistance genes
03 March 2024
This study compiled data on environmental antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from 1,403 samples across 653 sites in China. The database contained 291,870 records on the abundance of 290 ARGs and 8,057 records on the abundance of 30 MGEs from 2013 to 2020. The data can help study ARG dynamics and assess health risk in relation to AMR.
Further reading: Nature Scientific Data
Author(s): Wenjuan Xu et al
Clean Environment
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