Antibiotic Resistance Evolution in Aquatic Environments
Our current understanding of wastewater
treatment is not sufficient to meet future demands on water quality and
environmental security. Especially the release of antibiotic resistant
bacteria to the environment has become a major threat to society. A new combination
of experiments and model developments is required in order to understand the
dynamics of these antibiotic resistant bacteria in environmental compartments
and to develop tools and settings that can be applied to reduce the
horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic resistance genes.
This project will
evaluate the impact of anthropogenic and ecological factors on antibiotic
resistance associated horizontal gene transfer in sewage systems. This
project is part of the funding initiative TUD People -
Support the best and a cooperative work
between the Inst. of
Hydrobiology, the Chair of Urban
Water Management and the Chair of
Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis, where I'm acting as an advisory member.
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