Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Natural Environments & Long-Term Effects

Salvador Mirete, Marcos López Pérez (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

190 Seiten

2017
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-1818-6 (ISBN)

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Over the past 70 years, antibiotic therapy has been successfully used to combat infectious diseases. Nevertheless, the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a phenomenon that can plague the effectiveness of the antibiotics employed, which represents a major concern for human and animal health with important socio-economic consequences. Traditionally, most investigations on antibiotic resistance were conducted almost exclusively in the clinical setting. However, now it is well accepted that the current antibiotic resistance found in human pathogens originated from environmental microbes by means of a horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes. The present book aims to focus on the importance of natural environments as diverse as rivers, soils and glaciers for the evolution, maintenance and dissemination of resistance genes. Therefore, the chapters included in this volume will be of interest to those scientists, technologists and graduate students involved in the study of antibiotic resistance from an environmental point of view. Also, it is hoped that the issues addressed in this book will serve to better evaluate the implications of these genes in the formulation of public health policies and strategies. These policies and strategies will then be used to reduce the risks of antibiotic resistance in clinical and nonclinical settings.

Preface; Ontologies in Antibiotic Resistance; Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Bacteriophages; Metagenomic Approaches to Uncover Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Natural Environments; Antibiotic Resistance in Aquaculture; Asian Waters as Hot Spots of Antibiotic Resistance Genes; Evaluation of Anthropogenic Impacts on Nature by Analyzing the Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Glacier Environment; Selection of Tetracycline & Ampicillin Resistance Genes during Long-Term Soil Exposure; Agricultural Use of Antibiotics & Antibiotic Resistance; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
ISBN-10	1-5361-1818-4 / 1536118184
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-1818-6 / 9781536118186
Zustand	Neuware