Targeting current and future threats: recent methodological trends in environmental antimicrobial resistance research and their relationships to risk assessment
Tucker R. Burch, Ryan J. Newton, Lee K. Kimbell, Emily Lou LaMartina, Kassidy O’Malley, San Marie Thomson, C. W. Marshall, Patrick J. McNamara
Abstract
Recent research on antimicrobial resistance in the environment has emphasized targeted methods. Increased use of non-targeted methods is needed to determine how frequently novel resistance genes arise.
Topics & Concepts
Antibiotic resistanceResistance (ecology)AntimicrobialRisk analysis (engineering)BiologyMedicineEcologyGeneticsMicrobiologyBacteriaPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntimicrobial agents and applications