Antibiotic genes spread far and wide.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.05244 and PMC identifier 4241556.
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Abstract
The genes responsible for antibiotics can spread between the three domains of life—Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryotes.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteria
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal
- Muramidase
- Phylogeny