DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sgrmc4/antimicrobial_resi) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment" to their offering.
Examines effects of the environmental distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes on human health and the ecosystem
Resistance genes are everywhere in nature in pathogens, commensals, and environmental microorganisms. This contributed work shows how the environment plays a pivotal role in the development of antimicrobial resistance traits in bacteria and the distribution of resistant microbial species, resistant genetic material, and antibiotic compounds. Readers will discover the impact of the distribution in the environment of antimicrobial resistance genes and antibiotics on both the ecosystem and human and animal health.
Recognizing the intricate links among overlapping complex systems, this book examines antimicrobial resistance using a comprehensive ecosystem approach. Moreover, the book's multidisciplinary framework applies principles of microbiology, environmental toxicology, and chemistry to assess the human and ecological risks associated with exposure to antibiotics or antibiotic resistance genes that are environmental contaminants.
Presenting and analyzing the latest findings in a field of growing importance to human and environmental health, this text offers readers new insights into the role of the environment in antimicrobial resistance development, the dissemination of antimicrobial resistant genetic elements, and the transport of antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotics.
Key Topics Covered:
PART I SOURCES
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Path to Resistance
Chapter 3 Antibiotic Resistome: A Framework Linking the Clinic and the Environment
Chapter 4 Ecological and Clinical Consequences of Antibiotic Subsistence by Environmental Microbes
Chapter 5 Importance of Adaptive and Stepwise Changes in the Rise and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
Chapter 6 Environmental Reservoirs of Resistance Genes in Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria and Their Possible Impact on the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Chapter 7 Mechanisms of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance and Lessons Learned from Environmental Tetracycline-Resistant Bacteria
Chapter 8 Environmental Antibiotic Resistome: New Insights from Culture-Independent Approaches
PART II FATE
Chapter 9 Environmental Pollution by Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Chapter 10 Quantifying Anthropogenic Impacts on Environmental Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance
Chapter 11 Antibiotic Resistance in Swine-Manure-Impacted Environments
Chapter 12 Antimicrobial-Resistant Indicator Bacteria in Manure and the Tracking of Indicator Resistance Genes
Chapter 13 Municipal Wastewater as a Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance
Chapter 14 Strategies to Assess and Minimize the Biological Risk of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment
Chapter 15 Antibiotic Resistance in Animals The Australian Perspective
PART III ANTIMICROBIAL SUBSTANCES AND RESISTANCE
Chapter 16 Detection and Occurrence of Antibiotics and Their Metabolites in Pig Manure in Bavaria (Germany)
Chapter 17 Fate and Transport of Antibiotics in Soil Systems
Chapter 18 Antibiotics in the Aquatic Environment
Chapter 19 Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Wild Fish
Chapter 20 Role of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds on Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment
PART IV EFFECTS AND RISKS
Chapter 21 Human Health Importance of use of Antimicrobials in Animals and Its Selection of Antimicrobial Resistance
Chapter 22 Antimicrobial Resistance Associated with Salmonid Farming
Chapter 23 Effect of Veterinary Medicines Introduced via Manure into Soil on the Abundance and Diversity of Antibiotic Resistance Genes on Their Transferability
Chapter 24 Tracking Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes through the Composting Process and Field Distribution of Poultry Waste: Lessons Learned
Chapter 25 Environmental Microbial Communities Living Under Very High Antibiotic Selection Pressure
Chapter 26 Antibiotic Use During an Influenza Pandemic: Downstream Ecological Effects and Antibiotic Resistance
Chapter 27 Use of Veterinary Antibacterial Agents in Europe and the United States
Chapter 28 Regulatory Research on Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment
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