Detail analysis on antibiotic and heavy-metal resistance genes and horizontal gene transfer traits in anaerobic bacteria

This thesis deals with a detail analysis on antibiotic and heavy-metal resistance genes and horizontal gene transfer traits in anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria is a growing threat to public health globally. In these bacteria, AMR genes are often associated with mobile genetic elements (MGEs), which promote their mobility, enabling them to rapidly spread throughout a bacterial community. The work describes the horizontal gene transfer, the issue of antimicrobial resistance and the database for the detection of AMR genes and MGEs. After that, the detection and analysis of AMR genes and MGEs in anaerobic bacteria was done. Almost half of them contained at least 1 gene coding for antibiotic or heavy-metal resistance, 112 different genes overall. Then, 66 different MGEs were detected, 4 of which carried 6 different AMR detected genes