Pre and Post antibiotic epoch: insights into the historical spread of antimicrobial resistance
Adrián Cazares, Wendy Figueroa, Daniel Cazares, Leandro Lima, Jake David Turnbull, Hannah McGregor, Jo L. Dicks, Sarah Alexander, Zamin Iqbal, Nicholas Robert Thomson
The paper compares plasmids from pre-antibiotic era bacteria with modern plasmids to show how resistance genes evolved and spread over time.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2024 · PreprintGenomics