Elucidation of health risks using metataxonomic and antibiotic resistance profiles of microbes in flood affected waterbodies, Kerala 2018

• Published in: Journal of flood risk management Vol. 14; no. 1
• Main Authors: Shankar, Aparna, Jagajeedas, Devika, Radhakrishnan, Megha Periyappilly, Paul, Merin, Narendrakumar, Lekshmi, Suryaletha, Karthika, Akhila, Velappan Savithri, Nair, Sudha Babu, Thomas, Sabu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Ampicillin; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Biotopes; Cefotaxime; Clustering; coliform; Coliforms; Disease resistance; Drug resistance; Epidemics; Flood management; flood water; Floods; Genera; Health risks; Hydrologic data; Lakes; Metataxonomics; Microorganisms; opportunistic pathogens; Rivers; Sanitation; Water analysis; Water sampling; United States > US; Colorado; Texas; India

The floods of 2018 caused havoc in the State of Kerala, situated in the extreme south‐west of India, in terms of infrastructure and health. This research article provides the first‐ever assessment of the bacterial diversity and its antibiotic susceptibility of the inundated areas of Pampa, Periyar a...