Antibiotic Residues and Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in the Environment

Dear Colleagues,

Antibiotic resistance has become an increasingly critical issue in recent years. Outbreaks of multi-drug resistant pathogens pose a significant risk to human health and life. Antibiotic resistance emerged in bacteria long before the discovery of penicillin and the use of antibiotics against human pathogens. Therefore, antibiotic resistance genes and the mobile genetic elements that contribute to their spread have evolved in the environment over a long period of time and represent a rich reservoir for the emergence of new resistance genes. A better understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to the appearance of new resistance determinants and the paths in which the environmental reservoir in introduces into human pathogens may serve to better our ability to predict and prevent emergence of new antibiotic resistant clones in the hospital setting.

This Special Issue welcomes contributions about antimicrobial resistant bacteria in the environment and lateral gene transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between environmental and clinically important bacteria. All submission types, such as original research manuscripts, short communications, reviews, and case reports are appreciated.

Dr. Mor Nadia Lurie-Weinberger
Prof. Dr. Dror Avisar
Guest Editors

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