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October 17, 2012.
High Levels of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Major Midwest Watershed
The South Platte River system picks up microbial genes for resistance to sulphonamide and tetracycline antibiotics as its waters flow past human settlements
By Naomi Lubick
The South Platte River system begins in pristine Rocky Mountain streams and flows east through the Coloradan plateau dotted with cattle ranches, sheep pastures, dairy farms ? and human wastewater-treatment plants. In the first quantitative survey of a whole landscape, researchers have mapped how human activities affect the concentrations of antibiotic-resistance genes in the watershed.
Read more: Scientific American
High Levels of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Major Midwest Watershed
The South Platte River system picks up microbial genes for resistance to sulphonamide and tetracycline antibiotics as its waters flow past human settlements
By Naomi Lubick
The South Platte River system begins in pristine Rocky Mountain streams and flows east through the Coloradan plateau dotted with cattle ranches, sheep pastures, dairy farms ? and human wastewater-treatment plants. In the first quantitative survey of a whole landscape, researchers have mapped how human activities affect the concentrations of antibiotic-resistance genes in the watershed.
Read more: Scientific American