Bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistance in water habitats: searching the links with the human microbiome

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Ivone Vaz Moreira (Autor) FEUP; Olga C. Nunes (Autor) FEUP; Célia M. Manaia (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Vol. 38 Nº 4

Páginas: 761-778

ISSN: 0168-6445

Editora: Oxford University Press

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 98 Citações

Scopus - 182 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências biológicas

Projetos Associados

PTDC/AAC-AMB/113840/2009 - Dinâmicas de resistência a antimicrobianos entre o hospital e o ambiente

PTDC/AAC-AMB/113091/2009 - Eliminação de micropoluentes com actividade antimicrobiana de águas residuais

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-MW3

DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12062

Abstract (EN): Water is one of the most important bacterial habitats on Earth. As such, water represents also a major way of dissemination of bacteria between different environmental compartments. Human activities led to the creation of the so-called urban water cycle, comprising different sectors (waste, surface, drinking water), among which bacteria can hypothetically be exchanged. Therefore, bacteria can be mobilized between unclean water habitats (e. g. wastewater) and clean or pristine water environments (e. g. disinfected and spring drinking water) and eventually reach humans. In addition, bacteria can also transfer mobile genetic elements between different water types, other environments (e. g. soil) and humans. These processes may involve antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. In this review, the hypothesis that some bacteria may share different water compartments and be also hosted by humans is discussed based on the comparison of the bacterial diversity in different types of water and with the human-associated microbiome. The role of such bacteria as potential disseminators of antibiotic resistance and the inference that currently only a small fraction of the clinically relevant antibiotic resistome may be known is discussed.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 18