Fig. 1: Diverse ARGs and MDRB detected in over 5000 km aquaculture waters.

a Schematic of the experimental design. b Various ARGs profiles in long-distance aquaculture water samples. c Total culturable MDRB density (resistant to cefotaxime (2 mg L−1), meropenem (8 mg L−1), colistin (2 mg L−1), chloramphenicol (8 mg L−1), and kanamycin (2 mg L−1)), error bars: standard deviation of colony-forming units (CFU) of culturable bacterial cells. d Selection of culturable MDRB in seawater medium (2216 agar) and freshwater medium (NA). FC: water sample FC; QZ: water sample QZ.