Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 7281
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; microbiome; One Health approach
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are ancient and naturally occurring substances. Nevertheless, the abuse, overuse, and misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals have stimulated the rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and ARGs in various environments such as water, soil, and air. The antibiotic resistance (AR) burden in the environment has serious implications for human health owing to the potential transfer of ARGs from environmental bacteria to human pathogens, and thus highlighting it as an ecological and evolutionary problem that needs to be tackled on multiple fronts, including animal health, human health, environmental pollution, microbial ecology, agriculture, and waste treatment. There is clear value in understanding the occurrence, transmission, and evolution of antibiotic resistance in the environment. Effective treatment technology and interventions for mitigating environmental antibiotics and ARGs are also important to control the spread of ARGs in the environment and solve the relevant global environmental issues.
The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The occurrence and transmission of antibiotic resistance determinants (antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and mobile genetic elements) in multiple environmental settings;
- Characterization of acquired antibiotic resistance in different environments;
- The role of the environment, particularly anthropogenic input, in the evolution and development of antibiotic resistance;
- Human health risk assessment for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance;
- Mitigation approaches or strategies to combat antibiotic resistance;
- Advanced technologies for research on the above topics.
Prof. Dr. Siyu Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yi Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance
