Browsing Research Articles (Microbiology and Plant Pathology) by Subject "Namib desert"

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A clinically important, plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance gene (β-lactamase TEM-116) present in desert soils

Naidoo, Yashini; Valverde, Angel; Cason, Errol D.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2020-06)

The exhaustive use of antibiotics in humans, animal farming and other agricultural practices has resulted in the frequent appearance of antibiotic resistant bacteria in human-impacted habitats. However, antibiotic resistance ...
Namib desert soil microbial community diversity, assembly, and function along a natural xeric gradient

Scola, Vincent; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Frossard, Aline; Zablocki, Olivier; Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Johnson, Riegardt M.; Seely, Mary; Cowan, Don A. (Springer, 2018-01)

The hyperarid Namib desert is a coastal desert in southwestern Africa and one of the oldest and driest deserts on the planet. It is characterized by a west/east increasing precipitation gradient and by regular coastal fog ...

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