Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in microbial ecosystems through horizontal gene transfer

CJH Von Wintersdorff, J Penders… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has been a
rising problem for public health in recent decades. It is becoming increasingly recognized …

Review of antimicrobial resistance in the environment and its relevance to environmental regulators

AC Singer, H Shaw, V Rhodes, A Hart - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global
spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and …

[HTML][HTML] Transfer of antibiotic resistance from manure-amended soils to vegetable microbiomes

YJ Zhang, HW Hu, QL Chen, BK Singh, H Yan… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing antimicrobial resistance in manure-amended soil can potentially enter food
chain, representing an important vehicle for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) transmission …

A review of current bacterial resistance to antibiotics in food animals

C Xu, L Kong, H Gao, X Cheng, X Wang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The overuse of antibiotics in food animals has led to the development of bacterial resistance
and the widespread of resistant bacteria in the world. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and …

Diversity, abundance, and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in various types of animal manure following industrial composting

X Qian, J Gu, W Sun, XJ Wang, JQ Su… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aerobic composting is used widely for animal manure recycling, and it may reduce the
amount of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) that enter the environment. We sampled three …

Manure as a potential hotspot for antibiotic resistance dissemination by horizontal gene transfer events

T Lima, S Domingues, GJ Da Silva - Veterinary sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for animal-derived foods has led to intensive and large-scale
livestock production with the consequent formation of large amounts of manure. Livestock …

Evidence for wastewaters as environments where mobile antibiotic resistance genes emerge

F Berglund, S Ebmeyer, E Kristiansson… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of mobile antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in pathogens have
become a serious threat to global health. Still little is known about where ARGs gain mobility …

Bloom of resident antibiotic-resistant bacteria in soil following manure fertilization

N Udikovic-Kolic, F Wichmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a global threat to public health.
Agricultural use of antibiotics is believed to contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance …

Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in animal manure–consequences of its application in agriculture

M Zalewska, A Błażejewska, A Czapko… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are a relatively new type of pollutant. The rise in
antibiotic resistance observed recently is closely correlated with the uncontrolled and …

Phages rarely encode antibiotic resistance genes: a cautionary tale for virome analyses

F Enault, A Briet, L Bouteille, S Roux… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are pervasive in gut microbiota, but it remains unclear
how often ARGs are transferred, particularly to pathogens. Traditionally, ARG spread is …