Environmental drivers of the resistome across the Baltic Sea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health concern, with the environment playing a key role in its emergence and spread. Understanding the relationships between environmental factors, microbial communities, and resistance mechanisms is vital for elucidating environmental resistome dynamics. In this study, we characterized the environmental resistome of the Baltic Sea and evaluated how environmental gradients and spatial variability, alongside its microbial communities and associated functional genes, influence resistome diversity and composition across geographic regions.

Results

We analyzed the metagenomes of benthic sediments from 59 monitoring stations across a 1,150 km distance of the Baltic Sea, revealing an environmental resistome comprised of predict

SUBMITTER: Serrana JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11974054 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature