organism: Escherichia coli
description: The spread of antibiotic resistance has been traditionally attributed to extensive antibiotic use in clinical and agricultural applications. The possible resistance selections by other non-antibiotic environmental chemicals, especially at relatively low concentrations in natural environments, however, have not been investigated and remain unknown. This study provides mechanistic evidence supporting the idea that the selection of antibiotic resistance in vivo by antibiotic-like environmental pollutants has been overlooked as potential contributors to the widespread emergence of bacterial resistance on global scales.
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: Escherichia coli
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2012-12-01
attributes.tag: env_biome
attributes.value: not applicable
attributes.tag: env_feature
attributes.value: not applicable
attributes.tag: env_material
attributes.value: not applicable
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: not applicable
attributes.tag: isol_growth_condt
attributes.value: 37
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: not applicable
attributes.tag: num_replicons
attributes.value: 1
attributes.tag: ref_biomaterial
attributes.value: NC000913.3
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: MIGS.ba