Genomic Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Comamonas</i> in Water Matrices: Implications for Public Health and Wastewater Treatments
Sopheak Hem, Ethan R. Wyrsch, Barbara Drigo, Dave Baker, Ian G. Charles, Erica Donner, Veronica M. Jarocki, Steven P. Djordjevic
Abstract
alleles. Given the importance of Comamonas species in potential wastewater bioaugmentation and bioremediation strategies, as well as their status as emerging pathogens, the acquisition of critically important antibiotic resistance genes on genomic islands warrants future monitoring.
Topics & Concepts
WastewaterCarbapenemComamonasMicrobiologyBiologyMeropenemGram-negative bacterial infectionsBiotechnologyGeneticsBacteriaEnvironmental scienceAntibiotic resistanceAntibioticsEnvironmental engineeringPseudomonasAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts