Abstract:Understanding the distribution and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil bacteria from diverse ecological niches is critical in assessing their impacts on the global spread of antibiotic resistance. In permafrost associated soils, climate and human driven forces augment near-surface thaw altering the overlying active layer. Physiochemical changes shift bacterial community composition and metabolic functioning, however, it is unknown if permafrost thaw will affect ARGs comprising the boreal soi… Show more
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