Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

摘要: This chapter starts with a brief history of the growing public interest in ecology resistance genes and then moves on to survey some conceptual problems that have emerged. It focuses few groups bacteria are major players oral intestinal ecosystems humans animals, obligate anaerobes. Perhaps first modern example sudden importance understanding antibiotic arose connection debate over safety GM plants. Studies shown many soil naturally transformable, although it is still unclear what significance this fact has overall genes. Bacteria human body participated distribution An interesting case point population makes its home periodontal pocket, region between gums roots teeth. Prominent among these Porphyromonas Prevotella species. These been particular dentistry because they thought be instrumental development disease, main cause tooth loss adults. Currently, treatment for disease surgery cuts into gums, exposing buried surface teeth allow scraping plaque accumulated there causing inflammation.