Microplastics contribute to evolution of antimicrobial resistance, study finds
"This challenges the notion that microplastics are merely passive carriers of resistant bacteria and highlights their role as active hotspots for antimicrobial resistance evolution," lead study author Neila Gross, a Boston University PhD candidate, said in a press release from the American Society for Microbiology.
Antimicrobial resistance has recently increased due to emerging carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains of K. pneumoniae. Osaka ...
Overuse of antibiotics is currently the primary reason for the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Researchers at the ...
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD) was tested for detecting antibiotic residues in environmental samples.
A new study shows that microplastics facilitate antimicrobial resistance, even without the presence of antibiotics.
Microplastics—tiny shards of plastic debris—are all over the planet. They have made their way up food chains, accumulated in ...
“The reduction may reflect changes in antimicrobial use policies, including restrictions on tetracyclines and penicillins in food-producing animals. Also, vaccine protection against Salmonella species ...
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