Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture: Surveillance, Stewardship and One Health Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly important challenge at the interface of aquatic animal health, food production, the environment, and public health. Aquaculture systems represent complex microbial ecosystems in which antimicrobial use, microbial interactions, environmental reservoirs, and production-chain practices may influence the emergence, persistence, and dissemination of resistant bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs). Addressing these challenges requires integrated surveillance, responsible antimicrobial stewardship, and One Health-oriented approaches.

This Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews addressing AMR in aquaculture and seafood-associated environments. Topics of interest may include phenotypic and genotypic AMR characterization; ARGs and mobile genetic elements; transmission pathways across aquatic animals, water, sediments, processing environments, and seafood; genomics-, metagenomics-, and other omics-based surveillance approaches; microbial interactions and biofilms; antimicrobial use and stewardship; source tracking; risk assessment; and strategies for AMR prevention and control.

We will bring together multidisciplinary research that advances AMR surveillance and management across the aquaculture-to-seafood chain.

Dr. Foteini F. Parlapani
Prof. Dr. Ioannis S. Boziaris
Guest Editors

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