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Bacteria from Animals as a Pool of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes
- Maria Angeles Argudín,
- Ariane Deplano,
- Alaeddine Meghraoui,
- Magali Dodémont,
- Amelie Heinrichs,
- Olivier Denis,
- Claire Nonhoff and
- Sandrine Roisin
Antimicrobial agents are used in both veterinary and human medicine. The intensive use of antimicrobials in animals may promote the fixation of antimicrobial resistance genes in bacteria, which may be zoonotic or capable to transfer these genes to hu...

