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Investigating The Extent of Antibiotic Resistance Reservoir in Urban Agricultural Production

Objective

The goalof this project is to investigate the nature and extent of antibiotic resistance reservoir in the urban agricultural environment and train the next generation of food science students in the comprehensive analysis of soil bacteria and soil DNA using traditional microbiology techniques and modern genomics tools.

Investigators
Zhang, Y.
Institution
Wayne State University
Start date
2016
End date
2018
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
MICW-2015-10120
Accession number
1008693
Categories
Antimicrobial Resistance
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