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ArticleISME communications2026

Antibiotic-degrading bacteria shape resistome dynamics and horizontal gene transfer potential in soils with contrasting properties.

Zhi Mei, Chao He, Jose Luis Balcazar, Yuhao Fu, Qingyuan Dou, Yu Liu, Gerd Dercon, Xin Jiang, Martin Elsner, Fang Wang

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Article in ISME communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Zhi MeiState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.
Chao HeState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.
Jose Luis BalcazarCatalan Institute for Water Research (ICRACERCA), 17003 Girona, Spain.
Yuhao FuState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.
Qingyuan DouState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.
Yu LiuState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.
Gerd DerconUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
Xin JiangState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.
Martin ElsnerInstitute of Water Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich 85748, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-9052
Fang WangState Key Laboratory of Soil & Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9986-0948

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soils act as both reservoirs and filters of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs); however, the ecological and genetic traits of antibiotic-degrading bacteria (ADB) and their interactions with nondegrading bacteria (NADB) across soil types remain poorly understood. In particular, the role of ADB in ARG dynamics and their potential contribution to horizontal gene transfer (HGT) are still underexplored. Here, we applied

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antibiotic-degrading bacteriaantimicrobial resistance genesDNA-SIPhorizontal gene transfermobile genetic elementsphenotype–genotype couplingsoil microbiome

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