Metagenomic Insights into the Fecal Microbiome, Resistome, and Mobilome of Beef Cattle in Cow-Calf Operations in Florida, United States
Ahmad Ali, Lekshmi K. Edison, João H. J. Bittar, Thomas Denagamage, Alice C. Y. Lee, Kwangcheol C. Jeong, Jorge A. Hernandez, Subhashinie Kariyawasam
The paper analyzes the fecal microbiome, resistome, and mobilome of beef cattle in Florida, finding differences in ARG abundance between cows and calves and a notable proportion of ARGs on plasmids.
bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology