Persisting antibiotic resistance gene pollution and its association with human sewage sources in tropical marine beach waters

Multiplexed Target Enrichment Enables Efficient and In-Depth Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistome in Metagenomes

“…Resistance is frequently observed in almost all commonly used antibiotics, including the so-called “last resort” antibiotics ( 2 ) Since 2019, the World Health Organization has classified AMR as one of the top 10 threats to global health ( 3 ). Recently, antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) have been characterized as emerging environmental contaminants ( 4 ). Zhang et al ( 5 ) reported that wastewater, manured soil, animals, and humans are potential reservoirs of ARGs in the natural environment.…”