E. coli isolates from the Tarland catchment, Scotland. E. coli isolates from the Tarland catchment, Scotland

The aim of the project was to build a library of E.coli isolates which could be used to better understand transfer from sources to water via land, and transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes in an agricultural environment. Nearly 500 isolates were sequenced from an agricultural sub-catchment (the Tarland Burn is a tributary of the River Dee in North East Scotland), with metadata including sample source (soil, cow pat, river water, etc).

本项目的目标是构建一套大肠杆菌（E. coli）分离株库，以更深入解析陆地污染源向水体的迁移过程，以及农业环境中抗菌药物耐药基因的传播路径。研究团队从一处农业子汇水区（塔尔本溪（Tarland Burn）为苏格兰东北部迪河的支流）中完成了近500株分离株的测序，其配套元数据涵盖样本来源（土壤、牛粪、河流水体等）。