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| Title |
Insights into novel antimicrobial compounds and antibiotic resistance genes from soil metagenomes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00489 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alinne P. de Castro, Gabriel da R. Fernandes, Octávio L. Franco |
| Abstract |
In recent years a major worldwide problem has arisen with regard to infectious diseases caused by resistant bacteria. Resistant pathogens are related to high mortality and also to enormous healthcare costs. In this field, cultured microorganisms have been commonly focused in attempts to isolate antibiotic resistance genes or to identify antimicrobial compounds. Although this strategy has been successful in many cases, most of the microbial diversity and related antimicrobial molecules have been completely lost. As an alternative, metagenomics has been used as a reliable approach to reveal the prospective reservoir of antimicrobial compounds and antibiotic resistance genes in the uncultured microbial community that inhabits a number of environments. In this context, this review will focus on resistance genes as well as on novel antibiotics revealed by a metagenomics approach from the soil environment. Biotechnology prospects are also discussed, opening new frontiers for antibiotic development. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 45% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 189 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Portugal | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Denmark | 2 | 1% |
| Estonia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 174 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 38 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 13% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 15% |
| Unknown | 30 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 79 | 42% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 33 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 12% |
| Unknown | 30 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 May 2015.
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