Phages rarely encode antibiotic resistance genes: a cautionary tale for virome analysis
François Enault, Arnaud Briet, Léa Bouteille, Simon Roux, Matthew B Sullivan, Marie-Agnès Petit
The paper assesses antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) presence in phage genomes and finds that exploratory methods overestimate ARG abundance, with experimental validation showing few ARG confer resistance.
The ISME Journal · Jun 21, 2016Peer-reviewedEcology