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Agriculturally Sourced Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli for Use as Control Strains

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The environment plays a crucial role in the spread of antibiotic resistance, however environmental surveillance efforts lag far behind clinical surveillance. Natural and human- impacted soil and water are considered major sources of antibiotic resistance in medical and veterinary diagnostics, and the lack of environmental and agricultural surveillance data hinders efforts to assess management impacts or estimate risk. Here we introduce two agriculturally sourced, fully characterized, and genetically sequenced control strains for use in surveillance of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing (ESBL) and tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli in the environment, available via publicly accessible culture collections. Abstract Figure
Source: Pathogens
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14050417
Authors: James E. Wells, Lisa M. Durso, Abasiofiok M. Ibekwe, Jonathan G. Frye, Manan Sharma, Clinton F. Williams, Md Shamimuzzaman
Institutions: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,654
OpenAlex ID: W4409806288
FWCI: 0.233
Cites: 51
Cited by: 1
Related to: 10