Investigating the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in relation to bacterial, fungal, and functional diversity in a hay field.
Carolina Oliveira de Santana, Pieter Spealman, Conrad Vispo, David Gresham, Sage Saccomanno, Christopher N. LaFratta, Swapan S. Jain, Robert S. Dungan, Gabriel G. Perron
The paper examines how bacterial, fungal, and functional diversity influence the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in a hay field, finding that clinical ARG diversity is more linked to fungal diversity than bacterial diversity.
Microbiology Spectrum · Apr 10, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology