ReviewApplied and environmental microbiology2014
Insects represent a link between food animal farms and the urban environment for antibiotic resistance traits.
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- A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.).BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
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- Evolution and rise of antimicrobial resistance in key public health bacteria within and across the One Health sectors.Future microbiology · 2026Review
- Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
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- From Farm to Fork: Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens in Livestock Production and the Food Chain.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Gut microbiome and diet contribute to ecological niche differentiation between argali (Ovis ammon hodgsoni) and blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Communications biology · 2025Article
- The Invisible Threat of Antibiotic Resistance in Food.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Food-Producing Animals: Cross-Sectional Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Veterinarians and Operators of Establishments in the Republic of Cyprus.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An Insight into the Presence of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Opportunistic Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Farm-Reared Crickets.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Design and regulation of engineered bacteria for environmental release.Nature microbiology · 2025Review
- Avian pathogenicVeterinary world · 2024Review
- Metagenomic analysis reveals houseflies as indicators for monitoring environmental antibiotic resistance genes.Environmental microbiology reports · 2024Article
- Non-Canonical Aspects of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Spontaneous mutations and mutational responses to penicillin treatment in the bacterial pathogenMarine life science & technology · 2024Article
- The effect of diet composition on the diversity of active gut bacteria and on the growth of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- Persistence of Marine Bacterial Plasmid in the House Fly (Musca domestica): Marine-Derived Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Have a Chance of Invading the Human Environment.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Advancements of paper-based sensors for antibiotic-resistant bacterial species identification.Npj biosensing · 2024Review
- Rapid insecticide resistance bioassays for three major urban insects in Taiwan.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
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Abstract
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections result in higher patient mortality rates, prolonged hospitalizations, and increased health care costs. Extensive use of antibiotics as growth promoters in the animal industry represents great pressure for evolution and selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on farms. Despite growing evidence showing that antibiotic use and bacterial resistance in food animals correlate with resistance in human pathogens, the proof for direct transmission of antibiotic resistance is difficult to provide. In this review, we make a case that insects commonly associated with food animals likely represent a direct and important link between animal farms and urban communities for antibiotic resistance traits. Houseflies and cockroaches have been shown to carry multidrug-resistant clonal lineages of bacteria identical to those found in animal manure. Furthermore, several studies have demonstrated proliferation of bacteria and horizontal transfer of resistance genes in the insect digestive tract as well as transmission of resistant bacteria by insects to new substrates. We propose that insect management should be an integral part of pre- and postharvest food safety strategies to minimize spread of zoonotic pathogens and antibiotic resistance traits from animal farms. Furthermore, the insect link between the agricultural and urban environment presents an additional argument for adopting prudent use of antibiotics in the food animal industry.
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