The presence of antibiotic resistance genes in coastal soil and sediment samples from the eastern seaboard of the USA

Griffin, Dale W.; Benzel, William M.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Focazio, Michael J.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Loftin, Keith A.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Jones, Daniel K.

doi:10.1007/s10661-019-7426-z

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“…Color images are available online. 2018; Griffin et al, 2019), and farm workers' hands (Bengtsson-Palme et al, 2018). The sulfonamide resistance gene (sul1) was found most often among all samples: 30% (30/99) in cantaloupe samples, 71% (47/66) on workers' hands, and 37% (13/35) in water samples (Table 1 and Supplementary Tables S4.2, S4.3).…”

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The Cantaloupe Farm Environment Has a Diverse Genetic Pool of Antibiotic-Resistance and Virulence Genes

Pérez-Garza

Franco-Frías

García‐Heredia

et al. 2021

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

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The Cantaloupe Farm Environment Has a Diverse Genetic Pool of Antibiotic-Resistance and Virulence Genes

Pérez-Garza

Franco-Frías

García‐Heredia

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Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

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“…DNA was extracted from samples as previously published [1]. In short,~250 µl of water samples and 0.25 g of sediment were utilized to extract DNA using the DNeasy PowerSoil Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany).…”

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“…Applied Biosystems TaqMan Fast Universal Master Mix and TaqMan Exogenous Internal Positive Control reagents were utilized in all 20µl reactions. Primer/probe sequences (Table 1), probe labels, amplification profiles, PCR plate layouts and master mix conditions were as previously published and are available as previously published and via USGS data release [1,15]. TaqMan exogenous internal positive control reagents were used in duplicate reactions for each target gene.…”

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“…Antibiotic resistance has recently been recognized as an emerging environmental contaminant, and molecular methods that identify these genes in microbial populations have proven to be useful tools in assessing anthropogenic impacts in terrestrial and aquatic environments [1]. One of the primary problems with antibiotics is their widespread use and the slow progress in identifying and developing alternatives such as vaccines and virulence inhibitors [2].…”

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Antibiotic Resistance in Marine Microbial Communities Proximal to a Florida Sewage Outfall System

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Gregg

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Water samples were collected at several wastewater treatment plants in southeast Florida, and water and sediment samples were collected along and around one outfall pipe, as well as along several transects extending both north and south of the respective outfall outlet. Two sets of samples were collected to address potential seasonal differences, including 38 in the wet season (June 2018) and 42 in the dry season (March 2019). Samples were screened for the presence/absence of 15 select antibiotic resistance gene targets using the polymerase chain reaction. A contrast between seasons was found, with a higher frequency of detections occurring in the wet season and fewer during the dry season. These data illustrate an anthropogenic influence on offshore microbial genetics and seasonal flux regarding associated health risks to recreational users and the regional ecosystem.

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“…Griffin and his colleagues (Griffin et al 2019) from the USGS analyzed antibiotic resistance genes in coastal sediments and soils along the eastern seaboard of the USA, which was the first study to address the occurrence and baseline of antibiotic resistance genes in soil and sediments in this region. They identified the widespread distribution of various antibiotic resistance genes across the study area.…”

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Geospatial technology in environmental health applications

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2019

Environ Monit Assess

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The associations of environmental factors with human health and well-being now can be more precisely analyzed than before. Several multidisciplinary achievements advanced our understanding of the continuum of Benvironment and health outcomes.^Investments in multidisciplinary initiatives led to the development of many new tools that can pinpoint environmental factors, human exposure, and health outcomes on a wide range of scales-from global to even an individual. As environmental factors and human interactions cannot be completely examined without accounting for their spatial components and relationships, the improvements in geospatial data quality, technology, and analytical tools are playing a critical role to advance our understanding of environmental factors affecting human health and well-being. However, at the same time, researchers must be aware of the limitations of spatial data and tools, while conducting their studies. This special issue covers a wide range of geospatial health-related topics and methods including the climate change, neglected tropical diseases, vector-borne diseases, smartphone technology, healthcare utilization, health disparities, air quality assessment, asthma, water quality assessment, antimicrobial resistance, and machine learning. After intense reviews and revisions, the following 23 papers were selected for publication. While in many instances, the topics and methodologies of the papers significantly overlap, a brief discussion about the papers is provided below under loosely aggregated categorizations. Research topics Climate Extreme weather and related phenomena appear to be rising in frequency and intensity which pose growing health risks to human populations. Liss and Naumova (2019) conducted spatio-temporal analyses to examine the association between hospitalizations due to heat stroke in older adults in the United States with respect to heatwave sequence, time of arrival, and regional climate. Analyzing 16 years of daily hospitalization records, the authors found substantial differences in heat-related hospitalizations and response to heatwaves in different climate regions of the USA. As heatwaves are one of the major manifestations of the growing events of extreme weather, the authors suggested that the findings of this study could be useful for prevention as well as for decision support framework for heat-related medical care, which would be more essentials in the coming years. Wrable and her colleagues (Wrable et al. 2019) analyzed 8 years of monthly reported schistosomiasis to

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The presence of antibiotic resistance genes in coastal soil and sediment samples from the eastern seaboard of the USA

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The Cantaloupe Farm Environment Has a Diverse Genetic Pool of Antibiotic-Resistance and Virulence Genes

The Cantaloupe Farm Environment Has a Diverse Genetic Pool of Antibiotic-Resistance and Virulence Genes

Antibiotic Resistance in Marine Microbial Communities Proximal to a Florida Sewage Outfall System

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