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How wild are wild mammals?

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  • Monica Österblad

    (Antimicrobial Research Laboratory, National Public Health Institute)

  • Kai Norrdahl

    (Section of Ecology, University of Turku)

  • Erkki Korpimäki

    (Section of Ecology, University of Turku)

  • Pentti Huovinen

    (Antimicrobial Research Laboratory, National Public Health Institute)

Abstract

In bacteria associated with humans, antimicrobial resistance is common, both in clinical isolates and in the less-studied commensal flora, and it is thought that commensal and environmental bacteria might be a hidden reservoir of resistance. Gilliver et al. have reported that resistance is also prevalent in faecal bacteria from wild rodents living in northwest England1. Here we test the faeces of moose, deer and vole in Finland and find an almost complete absence of resistance in enterobacteria. Resistance is thus not a universal property of enterobacterial populations, but may be a result of the human use of antibiotics.

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  • Monica Österblad & Kai Norrdahl & Erkki Korpimäki & Pentti Huovinen, 2001. "How wild are wild mammals?," Nature, Nature, vol. 409(6816), pages 37-38, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:409:y:2001:i:6816:d:10.1038_35051173
    DOI: 10.1038/35051173
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    1. Mónica V. Cunha & Teresa Albuquerque & Patrícia Themudo & Carlos Fonseca & Victor Bandeira & Luís M. Rosalino, 2020. "The Gut Microbiota of the Egyptian Mongoose as an Early Warning Indicator of Ecosystem Health in Portugal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-17, April.
    2. Isoken H. Igbinosa & Uchechukwu U. Nwodo & Anibal Sosa & Mvuyo Tom & Anthony I. Okoh, 2012. "Commensal Pseudomonas Species Isolated from Wastewater and Freshwater Milieus in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, as Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistant Determinants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-13, July.

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