Understanding drivers of antibiotic resistance genes in High Arctic soil ecosystems

• Published in: Environment International
• Main Authors: McCann, Clare M, Christgen, Beate, Roberts, Jennifer A, Su, Jian-Qiang, Arnold, Kathryn E, Gray, Neil D, Zhu, Yong-Guan, Graham, David W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Guano; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141934/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141934/1/High_Artic_AMR._McCann_et_al.EI.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.034

Soils in tropical and temperate locations are known to be a sink for the genetic potential of anthropogenic-driven acquired antibiotic resistance (AR). In contrast, accumulation of acquired AR is less probable in most Polar soils, providing a platform for characterizing background resistance and est...