Bacterial resistence as a response to soil and water contamination with antibiotics

Antibiotici su najraširenija i najuspješnija sredstva u borbi protiv ljudskih patogena, a osim što se koriste za terapiju ljudi, u velikoj se mjeri koriste i pri uzgoju životinja te u poljoprivredne svrhe. Medicinski otpad i otpad s farmi može sadržavati antibiotike i gene za rezistentnost na antibiotike te tako onečistiti okoliš na način da mijenjaju strukturu i funkciju mikrobnih zajednica. Najveća posljedica otpuštanja antibiotika u okoliš selekcija je rezistentnih bakterija, a geni za rezistentnost na antibiotike pronađeni u u naseljenim mjestima, trenutno se šire i među netaknutim ekosustavima te je važno proučiti kakav utjecaj ima onečišćenje antibioticima i genima rezistentnosti na ljudsko zdravlje i evoluciju mikrobnih populacija u okolišu.Antibiotics are among the most widespread and most successful drugs for combating human pathogens, and besides being used for human therapy, they are largely used in animal farming and for agricultural purposes. Medical and farm waste can contain antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes and thus contaminate the environment by changing the structure and function of microbial communities. The most important consequence of releasing antibiotics in the environment is the selection of resistant bacteria, and the antibiotic resistance genes found in the clinical environment are currently spread among untouched ecosystems thus it is important to study the impact of antibiotic and resistance genes contamination on human health and the evolution of microbial populations in the environment