Graphical Abstract: The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental microbes to pathogens is a critical but underexplored One Health driver of antimicrobial resistance. Here, we evaluate freshwater snails, which are geographically widespread aquatic invertebrates, as environmental reservoirs of ARGs. We collected faeces from eight gastropod genera at 15 freshwater locations across Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar and the UK and conducted the first freshwater snail faecal metagenomic study.
Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents. Read the full article in MGen: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen
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Excited to share our new paper in Microbial Genomics! We studied freshwater snail faecal microbiomes in Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar & the UK, and found #AMR gene reservoirs posing risks where human, animal and environmental health intersect 🐌💩
Read here ➡️ www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Living Liverpool - a microbial map of the city
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We love supporting our customers with complex sequencing projects! Take a look behind-the-scenes at a unique project from Adam Robert’s team at LSTM!
They collected 125 samples —from lakes to benches & bins—to build a microbial map of Liverpool 🏙️🦠
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Grateful for the chance to present in the Knocking Out #AMR forum at @microbiologysociety.org annual conference #Microbio25
Looking forward to building on this work with colleagues in Malawi for positive public health impact
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Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640299v1
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The HUGS team from LSTM were at the Royal Society earlier this month for a focused meeting on hybrid schistosomes in Africa.
Improved disease control in animals - a tough but crucial step towards elimination.
We wrote a short blog of our activities there: www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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