Microorganism in the Environment and Antimicrobial Resistance
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 330
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Salmonella spp.; Campylobacter spp.; Vibrio spp.; Brucella spp.; antimicrobial resistance; foodborne pathogens; wildlife pathogens
Interests: pathogens and opportunistic microorganisms; antimicrobial resistance/tolerance; molecular epidemiology; typing methods; farm-to-fork; food safety; One Health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food and environmental pathogens are very important in the maintenance and diffusion of antimicrobial resistance. Among food and environment pathogens it is possible to consider those commonly involved in zoonosis (like Campylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria, Escherichia coli, etc.) and emerging or re-emerging pathogens like Brucella, Mycobacterium, Francisella, etc. and last but not least the ESKAPE bacteria. The ability of foodborne and environmental pathogens to activate some metabolic pathways, form biofilms, be able to integrate or donate mobile genetic elements, associated with the marked resistance to antibiotics and disinfectants is a source of great concern from the One Health perspective. Nowadays, the opportunity of both phenotype and genotype study provides a large amount of useful data for the biotechnologies research suitable to avoid known resistance mechanisms. Careful and continuous monitoring and active research into components that can overcome known mechanisms remain, together with the reduction of the use and environmental spread of antibiotics, essential weapons for a hard battle against the time and plasticity of bacterial nature.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect scientific papers (articles, reviews, case reports and short notes) to contribute to the scientific landscape in terms of epidemiological surveillance of known and new pathogens, knowledge of the molecular and physiological mechanisms that promote the presence and development of antibiotic resistance in the environment and in food products.
Dr. Alessandra Alessiani
Dr. Joana Campos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance
- genomics
- foodborne pathogens
- environment antimicrobial resistance
- wildlife pathogens
- molecular mechanisms of resistance
- surveillance
- aquatic environment
- wastewater
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