The In-Feed Antibiotic Carbadox Induces Phage Gene Transcription in the Swine Gut Microbiome

ABSTRACT Carbadox is a quinoxaline-di-N-oxide antibiotic fed to over 40% of young pigs in the United States that has been shown to induce phage DNA transduction in vitro; however, the effects of carbadox on swine microbiome functions are poorly understood. We investigated the in vivo longitudinal ef...

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Main Authors: Timothy A. Johnson, Torey Looft, Andrew J. Severin, Darrell O. Bayles, Daniel J. Nasko, K. Eric Wommack, Adina Howe, Heather K. Allen
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3d8a07994516454c94ded003c5252937
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