Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Mechanisms, Evolution and Dissemination
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 2238
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular virology; sequencing; phylogenetic; diagnosis
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Interests: antimicrobial agents; gut microbiome; metaomics; microbial biopolymers; microbial diversity; prokaryotic gene regulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antibiotic resistance develops through various well-known mechanisms, such as enzymatic degradation or modification of antimicrobial agents, alteration of target sites, reduced membrane permeability, and active efflux of drugs. These mechanisms have made infection control increasingly challenging worldwide. One main question remains unanswered: “Where do antibiotic resistance genes come from, and how is resistance acquired?”. Do they derive from the microbiome of humans and animals, from microorganisms in the environment, from the adaptation of the pathogens themselves (mutations in certain genes), a combination of these factors, or for another reason?
This Special Issue welcomes collaborative proposals across different research fields, inviting original scientific articles and reviews related to antibiotic resistance and the future consequences of its development. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Bacterial resistance;
- Viral resistance;
- Fungal resistance;
- Resistance gene transfer;
- Mutations in the genome of microorganisms;
- Evolution and adaptation of microorganisms;
- Mechanisms of resistance;
- Diagnostics of resistance;
- Therapy.
Dr. Ivo Nikolaev Sirakov
Prof. Dr. Slawomir Ciesielski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance genes
- transposons
- integrons
- gene transfer
- therapy
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