In:
PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 20, No. 9 ( 2022-9-6), p. e3001792-
Abstract:
The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) calls for new epidemiological surveillance methods, as well as a deeper understanding of how antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) have been transmitted around the world. The large pool of sequencing data available in public repositories provides an excellent resource for monitoring the temporal and spatial dissemination of AMR in different ecological settings. However, only a limited number of research groups globally have the computational resources to analyze such data. We retrieved 442 Tbp of sequencing reads from 214,095 metagenomic samples from the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) and aligned them using a uniform approach against ARGs and 16S/18S rRNA genes. Here, we present the results of this extensive computational analysis and share the counts of reads aligned. Over 6.76∙10 8 read fragments were assigned to ARGs and 3.21∙10 9 to rRNA genes, where we observed distinct differences in both the abundance of ARGs and the link between microbiome and resistome compositions across various sampling types. This collection is another step towards establishing global surveillance of AMR and can serve as a resource for further research into the environmental spread and dynamic changes of ARGs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1545-7885
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.g005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.s002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.s003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.s004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.s005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.s006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.r001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.r002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.r003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001792.r004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2022
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2126773-X
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