A Commonly Used Tire Rubber Antioxidant and its Quinone Derivative Facilitate the Conjugative Transfer of Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli.

The conjugative transfer of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) plays a key role in the spread of antibiotic resistance, posing a major global public health threat. The tire rubber antioxidant N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenyle…

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