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Antibiotic resistance lurks below the surface of fish-farm ponds

Consumption of aquaculture products linked to likelihood of harbouring resistant bacterium.
Cultivators check crab nets on a lake

Workers check on cultivated crabs in China, where aquaculture has been linked to a gene that confers antibiotic resistance. Credit: Zhou Haijun/Xinhua/eyevine

A bacterial gene that bestows resistance to an important antibiotic has been linked to both fish consumption and aquaculture.

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Nature 560, 8 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05787-6

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