DUGiDocsOccurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic microbial communities exposed to anthropogenic activities
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The overuse of antibiotics has led to the selection of resistant strains. This thesis investigated the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic microbial communities influenced by anthropogenic activities.
In this study, qPCR assays were designed to quantify the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in environmental samples. Then, several ARGs conferring resistance to several groups of antibiotics were quantified in biofilms and sediments from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharge point and the receiving river. Ciprofloxacin-resistant strains were also isolated an screened for the presence of qnr genes and aac(6’)-Ib-cr and their association with extended-spectrum β-lactamases. A multidrug resistance-encoding plasmid from an Aeromonas sp. was further characterized.
Overall, ARGs were detected in different matrices (water, biofilm and sediment), both in bacteriophages and bacteria, and different sources (rivers, effluents from several human and veterinary hospitals, subterranean water, chicken faeces and WWTP effluents), indicating that these emerging pollutants are widely distributed in the environments exposed to anthropogenic activities
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