… Our results support the hypothesis that estuarine environments constitute antibiotic resistance
reservoirs. We should, however, emphasize that both prevalence and molecular diversity …

… β-lactamase genes (especially those of the plasmid-mediated AmpC or other bla genes),
integrons and gene cassettes of the environmental … the clinically and environmentally important …

… in some aquatic matrices, such as tropical estuaries, makes it unknown whether its …
environments. Therefore, we investigated the occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (…

… of DNA sequences putatively encoding β-lactamases in the estuarine ecosystem, and to …
of aquatic environments to represent reservoirs of molecular variants of β-lactamase genes. …

… , an estuarine environment with ambient … β-lactam-resistance gene variants TEM, SHV, OXA,
CTX-M, and KPC. To our knowledge, this is the first probabilistic spatial survey of an estuary’…

… ) and underlying waters (UW) of an estuary. Prevalence of resistant bacteria was determined
in … Results also showed that antibiotic resistance was uncommon among estuarine bacteria …

… shore in Charleston Harbor, a coastal estuarine ecosystem with an average yearly
salinity of … 1A) are located in the lower portion of the Charleston Harbor estuary at 32�46′56.56′…

… to surveillance of AMR distribution in the environment [30]. Humans can be … environment.
Resistant bacteria found in this study are considered as important estuarine environmental …

The genus Vibrio comprises pathogens ubiquitous to marine environments. This study
evaluated the cultivable Vibrio community in the Guanabara Bay (GB), a recreational, yet heavily …

… in estuarine sediments and the development of marine environmental sciences, as well as
… important reference values for potential risk assessment of ARGs in estuarine environments. …