Deciphering the Crosswalk Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance between Different Reservoirs
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 24012
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Interests: AMR mechanisms; AMR gene dissemination; genome background of AMR genes; genetic diversity; resistome; mobilome; prevent and overcoming AMR; One Health in the context of AMR
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Dear Colleagues,
Different reservoirs play a crucial role in the spread of antibiotic resistance. This is the main topic of the present Special Issue. In fact, human food of animal and vegetable origin, food-, companion-, wild-, and zoo-animals, as well as soil, air, and aquatic environment are hotspots for antibiotic resistance. The extent of the relationship between the occurrences of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pathogens in those reservoirs should be better clarified. How resistant bacteria in the environment can offer barriers and/or opportunities for antimicrobial drug discovery is also a relevant issue today. Biofilm formation, namely in the food chain, as well as non-expressing bacteria that stay susceptible to the antibiotics although carrying potentially transmissible resistance genes, and proteins providing resistance to two structurally and functionally different classes of antibiotics by acquisition of a single gene are all interesting dimensions in the microbial adaptability, implicating the performance of antibiotics in several reservoirs. The role of vertical and horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance needs to be deepened; this HGT either directly through contact or indirectly through the different niches (people, animals, and environment) is assuming serious proportions. The responsibility of harmonization of phenotypic and genotypic methods and the implementation of guidelines is of utmost interest, namely, to measure the fitness cost of antibiotic resistance and to predict and/or decipher the real impact of this threat. How coordinated the human, veterinary, and environment sectors are/must be to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance is also an important subtopic (such as the antibiotic consumption in all sectors). Studies regarding the “One Health” approach in the context of antibiotic resistance will be highly appreciated, as addressing emerging infectious diseases emphasizes how the health of humans is connected to the health of animals and their shared environment. These different micro- and macroscientific views of antibiotic resistance might help to decipher the problem of antibiotic resistance for times to come.
In this Special Issue, we invite you to submit contributions to the above subtopics in the form of original research articles or reviews, aiming to highlight the most current state of the art in those fields.
Prof. Dr. Manuela Canica
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance
- antibiotics
- resistome
- mobilome
- metagenome
- reservoirs
- dissemination
- ecological dimension
- "omic" approaches
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