| Literature DB >> 30170783 |
M R Gillings1, M Westoby2, T M Ghaly2.
Abstract
Pollution is the dissemination of material that has harmful effects. Mobile DNA elements and antibiotic-resistance genes are being disseminated into the environment via human activity, and are increasingly being viewed as serious pollutants. These pollutants differ from conventional contaminants in important ways: they can replicate, and they can evolve. CrownEntities:
Keywords: Anthropocene; antibiotic resistance; human impacts; invasive species; pollution; xenogenetic elements
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30170783 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079