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Correction

Correction: Low-frequency transmission and persistence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes from livestock to agricultural soil and crops through compost application

  • Akira Fukuda,
  • Masato Suzuki,
  • Kohei Makita,
  • Masaru Usui

The images for Figs 1 and 2 are incorrect, and the image for Fig 3 is missing. The figure captions appear in the correct order. The authors have provided a corrected version of figures here.

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Fig 1. Abundance of (A) Escherichia coli and coliforms (excluding E. coli), and (B) β-lactam-resistant E. coli and β-lactam-resistant coliforms (excluding E. coli) in soil, corn, and compost.

Pre: before the application of composts, day 0: day of application of compost to soils.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341735.g001

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Fig 2. Quantification of bla and uidA genes in soil, corn, and compost via qPCR.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341735.g002

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Fig 3. Phylogenetic tree of bla-positive β-lactam-resistant Escherichia isolates from soil, cattle feces, and compost.

The phylogenetic tree was inferred from CSI phylogeny using the assembled contigs. The nodes show the strain №/source.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341735.g003

Reference

  1. 1. Fukuda A, Suzuki M, Makita K, Usui M. Low-frequency transmission and persistence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes from livestock to agricultural soil and crops through compost application. PLoS One. 2024;19(5):e0301972. pmid:38771763

Citation: Fukuda A, Suzuki M, Makita K, Usui M (2026) Correction: Low-frequency transmission and persistence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes from livestock to agricultural soil and crops through compost application. PLoS One 21(1): e0341735. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341735

Published: January 23, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 Fukuda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.