Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs)

In Danish children, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the first year of life show a clear bimodal distribution (two clusters), which is determined by the composition of the gut microbiome, especially E. coli.
Li et al. 2021d

Proteobacteria contribute the most abundant and unique ARGs in the infant gut
Li et al. 2021d

Environmental exposures influence the distributions of ARGs and bacterial communities in the infant gut
Li et al. 2021d

ARG clusters and ARG loads are linked with gut microbiome maturity and asthma-associated bacterial profiles
Li et al. 2021d

Antibiotic resistance genes were annotated using the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD)
Jia et al. 2017 Nucleic Acids Res. 45(D1): D566–D573

Antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in Klebsiella, Escherichia, Citrobacter and Enterobacter, which are opportunistic pathogens frequently isolated in clinical samples
Guentzel 1996 Medical Microbiology Ch. 25 (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA)