Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Fossilized Human Feces from 14th Century

Viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance have been identified by French researchers in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium. The researchers publish their findings ahead of print in the journal iApplied and Environmental Microbiology/i. "This is the first paper to analyze an ancient DNA viral metagenome," says Rebecca Vega Thurber of Oregon State University, Corvallis, who was not involved in the research. The ...

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