Antimicrobial Resistance and Environmental Health, 2nd Volume
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 August 2024 | Viewed by 70
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied microbiology; environmental microbiology; molecular microbiology; antibiotic resistance; environmental pollution; environmental monitoring; water quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Current research shows that the antimicrobial resistance crisis is far from being resolved. However, the complex nature of the environment makes the environmental dimension of AMR a less addressed topic compared to its human and animal counterparts in the One Health triad. Therefore, after the success of our first Special Issue, titled “Antimicrobial Resistance and Environmental Health”, we decided to launch a second volume to provide up-to-date information on AMR in the environment globally.
The second volume of this Special Issue, like the first one, aims to provide a comprehensive update on antimicrobial resistance and environmental health. Manuscripts reporting on the environment (water, air, and soil) as a critical reservoir and significant transmission route of clinically important antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their associated resistance genes will be considered. These include, but are not limited to, studies using culture-based, culture-independent approaches, including genomics (whole-genome sequencing and metagenomics), identification methods, and concepts suggesting methods of studying AMR and its link to environmental health. In addition, papers addressing the impact of climate change on AMR in the environment are welcome. Furthermore, we also welcome studies that model the interaction between the three One Health sectors viz-a-viz AMR.
Dr. Akebe Luther King Abia
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- public health
- environmental health
- antibiotic resistance
- environmental resistome
- antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- whole-genome sequencing
- metagenomics
- climate change and AMR
- AMR models and One Health
