Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance in Bacteria from Contaminated Agricultural Soil: Insights from a New Zealand Airstrip
These findings suggest that HM contamination of agricultural soil can select for Ab resistance in soil bacteria with potential risks to human and animal health.
Authors
- Jacqui Horswell
- Alma Siggins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-3126)
- Gerty Gielen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0821-7813)
- Collette Bromhead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-2191)
- Barry R. Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0741-5033)
- Patrick J. Biggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-4101)
- Nicholas Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5523-6385)
- Juan Carlos Meza-Alvarado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5209-1387)
- Ali Heydari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-2627)
Institutions
- Scion (NZ)
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- Massey University (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antibiotics
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14020192
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Heavy metals in environment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.50
Funders
- Massey University