Predictors Recover Most of the Metagenomic Signal for Antibiotic Resistance Gene Occurrence: A Cross-City Test of Geographic Transferability in Urban Wastewater
Somayeh Falahati Khanaman, Bichar Dip Shrestha Gurung, Shiva Aryal, Mengistu Geza Nisrani, Venkataramana Gadhamshetty, Etienne Z. Gnimpiéba
This study uses environmental predictors to predict antibiotic resistance gene occurrence in urban wastewater, achieving 78% of the predictive performance of metagenomic sequencing.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology