Review of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment and Its Relevance to Environmental Regulators

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 7; p. 1728
• Main Authors: Singer, Andrew C, Shaw, Helen, Rhodes, Vicki, Hart, Alwyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 01.11.2016
• Subjects: antibiotic resistance genes; antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; Metals, Heavy; Microbiology; pollution; wastewater

The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and control many of the pathways responsible for the release of resistance-driving chemicals into the environment (e.g., ant...