Understanding drivers of antibiotic resistance genes in High Arctic soil ecosystems

• Main Authors: McCann CM, Christgen B, Roberts JA, Su J, Arnold KE, Gray ND, Zhu Y, Graham DW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pergamon Press
• Subjects: Arctic; Guano; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden
• Online Access: https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=255477/B37EED10-AE67-44C6-BB8B-38301BF975AF.pdf&pub_id=254611

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...