In Silico Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Gut Microflora of Individuals from Diverse Geographies and Age-Groups

Tarini Shankar Ghosh; Sourav Sen Gupta; Gopinath Balakrish Nair; Sharmila S. Mande

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083823

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In Silico Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Gut Microflora of Individuals from Diverse Geographies and Age-Groups

Tarini Shankar Ghosh,

Affiliation BioSciences R&D Division, TCS Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Sourav Sen Gupta,

Affiliation Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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Gopinath Balakrish Nair,

Affiliation Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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Sharmila S. Mande

* E-mail: sharmila@atc.tcs.com

Affiliation BioSciences R&D Division, TCS Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India
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In Silico Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Gut Microflora of Individuals from Diverse Geographies and Age-Groups

Tarini Shankar Ghosh,
Sourav Sen Gupta,
Gopinath Balakrish Nair,
Sharmila S. Mande

Published: December 31, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083823

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Tetracycline!

Posted by ramy on 24 Feb 2015 at 17:26 GMT

What are "tetracycline resistance genes"? Aren't they ribosomes with mutations? So, on assessing tetracycline resistance genes using BlastX, aren't the authors just counting metagenomes with hits to riobosomal protein-coding genes?
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