Overlooked Enterobacterales as hosts of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments.

ABSTRACT: The increasing frequency of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their dissemination in environmental microbiomes is a critical health concern. Water quality assessment and AMR surveillance are broadly focused on commonly found Enterobacterales, and mainly on the faecal indicator E. coli. In this study, we analysed antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation in 14 environmental isolates belonging to six neglected species. Genetic diversity was assessed by ERIC-PCR. Identified as Cronobacter sakazakii (1), Kluyvera intermedia (1), Leclercia adecarboxylata (1), Raoultella ornithinolytica (8), Raoultella terrigena (1), and Yersinia massiliensis (2), each isolate had a unique and distinct AMR profile. The isolates demonstrated intrinsic resistance to erythromycin and increased resistance to ampic

SUBMITTER: Farkas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12271363 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature