Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2025) | Viewed by 329
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Interests: antibiotic resistance; bacteriology; molecular microbiology; protein purification; genomics; protein-protein Interaction
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Interests: molecular epidemiology; antimicrobial resistance; horizontal gene transfer; Gram-negative bacteria; One Health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis that extends beyond human medicine, affecting agriculture, veterinary medicine, and environmental health. The environment plays a critical role in the spread and evolution of antimicrobial resistance, serving as both a reservoir and a vector for resistant pathogens and genes. Understanding the dynamics of AMR in environmental contexts is essential for developing comprehensive strategies to combat its spread.
This collection aims to highlight the latest research and advances in our understanding of how antimicrobial resistance emerges, persists, and spreads in different environments. We invite contributions from leading experts and researchers covering a wide range of topics, including but not limited to the following:
- Environmental reservoirs of AMR: studies of natural and anthropogenic environments that harbor antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes, including soil, water, wildlife habitats, and agricultural land;
- Pathways of transmission: studies of the mechanisms and pathways by which antimicrobial resistance is transferred between the environment, animals, and humans, including the role of vectors, wildlife, and direct human activities;
- Impact of agricultural practices: research that examines the influence of agricultural practices, such as the use of antibiotics in livestock and crop production, on the development and spread of AMR in the environment;
- Waste management and treatment: assessing how waste management, including treatment of sewage, industrial effluent, and agricultural runoff, affects the prevalence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in the environment;
- Detection and surveillance: development and application of advanced methods for detection and monitoring antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes in various environments, including molecular and genomic approaches;
- Mitigation strategies: exploring innovative strategies to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the environment, such as the development of alternative antimicrobial agents and bioremediation techniques;
- Intertwining between AMR and climate changes: how warmer climates affect heavy metal or biocide concentrations in soil and water, creating conditions for hotspots either with co-resistance and co-selection mechanisms or when sharp variations in river flows increase the risk of floodwater pollution and resuspension of sediments;
- AMR in aquaculture: studies on how productive industrial activities, particularly aquaculture, contribute to the development and dissemination of AMR.
Dr. Olivier Chesneau
Dr. Gabriela Jorge Da Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- environmental microbiology
- soil microbiota
- water contamination
- antibiotic residues
- wastewater treatment
- horizontal gene transfer
- resistance genes
- ecotoxicology
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