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Knapp, C.W. et al

Antibiotic resistance genes found in soils across the entire Scottish landscape (2007-10)

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https://doi.org/10.5285/d3498e93-4ac5-4eab-bc1a-eb2328771d24
The dataset collates the relative concentration of nearly 300 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes found in soil locations across Scotland.

Soils were obtained from the National Soils Inventory of Scotland (NSIS2), from which the total community DNA were extracted and provided to assess AMR gene content. Sampling of the NSIS2 was conducted between 2007-2010 at 183 soil locations representing intersections of a 20km grid across all of Scotland.

For each sample, nearly 300 AMR genes were assessed representing major antibiotic classes, and included many resistance traits: aminoglycosides, beta-lactams, FCA (fluoroquinolone, quinolone, chloramphenicol, florfenicol and amphenicol resistance genes), MLSB (macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin B), tetracycline, vancomycin, sulphonamide, efflux pumps and integron genes. The data represent relative gene abundance, i.e., the amount of genes per "total bacteria".
Publication date: 2019-07-17
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2007-01-01    to    2010-12-31

Provenance & quality

The dataset was developed by Charles Knapp (University of Strathclyde) 2016-2018, in close collaboration with James Hutton Institute, Institute of Urban Environment – Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Newcastle University. The data were compiled under the auspices of the NERC AMR in the Real World grant (NE/N019776/1).

For further details please see supporting documentation

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Knapp, C.W.; Graham, D.W. ; Freitag, T.; Pagaling, E. ; Hough, R.; Avery, L.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Su, J.; Zhou, X.Y. (2019). Antibiotic resistance genes found in soils across the entire Scottish landscape (2007-10). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3498e93-4ac5-4eab-bc1a-eb2328771d24

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© University of Strathclyde

© Newcastle University

© James Hutton Institute

© Chinese Academy of Sciences

Citations

Fernández Rivas, C., Porphyre, T., Chase-Topping, M.E., Knapp, C.W., Williamson, H., Barraud, O., Tongue, S.C., Silva, N., Currie, C., Elsby, D.T., & Hoyle, D.V. (2021). High Prevalence and Factors Associated With the Distribution of the Integron intI1 and intI2 Genes in Scottish Cattle Herds. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8 https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.755833

Correspondence/contact details

Charles Knapp
University of Strathclyde
 charles.knapp@strath.ac.uk

Authors

Knapp, C.W.
University of Strathclyde
Graham, D.W.
Newcastle University
Freitag, T.
James Hutton Institute
Pagaling, E.
James Hutton Institute
Hough, R.
James Hutton Institute
Avery, L.
James Hutton Institute
Zhu, Y.-G.
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Su, J.
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhou, X.Y.
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Other contacts

Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Soil
Keywords
Antibiotic resistance genes , Scotland , Soil
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/N019776/1
Last updated
08 February 2024 17:39