Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Ontologies in Antibiotic Resistance
José L. Martínez, Teresa M. Coque and Fernando Baquero (Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain, and others)
Chapter 2. Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Bacteriophages
Marta Colomer-Lluch, Juan Jofre and Maite Muniesa (Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Texas, USA, and others)
Chapter 3. Metagenomic Approaches to Uncover Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Natural Environments
Salvador Mirete and Marcos López-Pérez (Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain, and others)
Chapter 4. Antibiotic Resistance in Aquaculture
Jie Feng, Chao Wang and Qinna Cui (State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
Chapter 5. Asian Waters as Hot Spots of Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Satoru Suzuki (Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan)
Chapter 6. Evaluation of Anthropogenic Impacts on Nature by Analyzing the Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Glacier Environment
Takahiro Segawa and Kazunari Ushida (Center for Life Science Research, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan, and others)
Chapter 7. Selection of Tetracycline and Ampicillin Resistance Genes during Long-Term Soil-Copper Exposure
Séanín McCluskey and Charles W. Knapp (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland)
Chapter 8. Agricultural Use of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance
Satoshi Koike, Roderick Mackie and Rustam Aminov (Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, and others)
Index
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