Copper amendment of agricultural soil selects for bacterial antibiotic resistance in the field

Aims:  The objective of this study was to determine whether Cu‐amendment of field plots affects the frequency of Cu resistance, and antibiotic resistance patterns in indigenous soil bacteria.

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