Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Pages: 536-545

Journal: Trends in Microbiology

Volume number: 22

Issue number: 9

ISSN: 0966-842X

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.005

Publisher: Cell Press

Abstract: 
Large amounts of veterinary antibiotics are applied worldwide to farm animals and reach agricultural fields by manure fertilization, where they might lead to an increased abundance and transferability of antibiotic-resistance determinants. In this review we discuss recent advances, limitations, and research needs in determining the fate of veterinary antibiotics and resistant bacteria applied with manure to soil, and their effects on the structure and function of soil microbial communities in bulk soils and the rhizosphere. The increased abundance and mobilization of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) might contribute to the emergence of multi-resistant human pathogens that increasingly threaten the successful antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections.

Harvard Citation style: Jechalke, S., Heuer, H., Siemens, J., Amelung, W. and Smalla, K. (2014) Fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics in soil, Trends in Microbiology, 22(9), pp. 536-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.005

APA Citation style: Jechalke, S., Heuer, H., Siemens, J., Amelung, W., & Smalla, K. (2014). Fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics in soil. Trends in Microbiology. 22(9), 536-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.005