PI: Patricia Licznar-Fajardo

The emergence and spreading of antiobioresitant bacteria strains is a worldwide issue. Little data is available on how water and aquatic ecosystems contribute to the spreading of anthropogenic contaminants, organisms and resistance genes.

The purpose is to identify the role of human activities in the emergence and spreading of restistant bacterial communities. Three paths are under investigation: (i) monitoring of antibioresistance in the urban environment in conjunction with the anthropisation gradient, (ii) identification and characteization of possible (multi-resistant) pathogens for humans and possible biological markers for anthropisation, (iii) in situ characterization of the living and growing conditions of such organisms, (iv) study of how antibioresistance is affected by chemical contaminants.