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A robust and automated image analysis method was then developed to quantify FISH signals. The combination of this FISH method with phylogenetic identification protocols allows the quantification of resistance in particular organisms or groups of organisms. Using this FISH method, a high level of MLSB resistance was confirmed in swine waste samples from an organic farm despite the absence of obvious anthropogenic selective pressures of MLSB antimicrobials and the low level of MLSB resistance observed with culture based methods targeting fecal streptococci. Furthermore, tetracyclines were detected in the swine waste samples, suggesting that selective pressure from tetracyclines may result in MLSB resistance. Clostridium spp. were identified as a dominant population contributing to the high level of MLSB resistance at the organic farm. The different levels of MLS B resistance observed in fecal streptococci and the total microbial community indicate the need for caution in the extrapolation of resistance measurements between organisms. The levels of MLSB antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance were quantified in manure amended field soils and in soil batch tests, since land application of swine manure has also been proposed as a possible factor in the environmental development and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance; the levels of MLSB antimicrobials in field soils amended with swine manure indicated the persistence of lincomycin and tetracyclines. No significant difference in MLSB resistance was observed between amended and unamended soils, either in the field soils or in laboratory batch tests. 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