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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Metagenomic insights into the urban-rural variation of antimicrobial resistance and pathogen reservoirs in untreated wastewater from central India.

Bailey Secker, Amit Nayak, Aliabbas A Husain, Sudipti Arora, Aditi Nag, Sandeep K Shrivastava, Andrew C Singer, Rachel L Gomes, Edward Acheampong, Saravana B Chidambaram and 6 more

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Bailey SeckerSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Amit NayakAdvanced Research Centre, Dr G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Aliabbas A HusainAdvanced Research Centre, Dr G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Sudipti AroraDr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, India.
Aditi NagDr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, India.
Sandeep K ShrivastavaCentre for Innovation, Research & Development (CIRD), Dr. B. Lal Clinical Laboratory Pvt., Ltd., Jaipur, India.
Andrew C SingerUnited Kingdom Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom.
Rachel L GomesFood Water Waste Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Edward AcheampongDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Saravana B ChidambaramDepartment of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Tarun BhatnagarICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Umashankar VetrivelNational Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Belagavi, India.
Rajpal Singh KashyapAdvanced Research Centre, Dr G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Robert J AtterburySchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Adam M BlanchardSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Tanya M MonaghanNIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Introduction: Rapid and scalable surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is urgently needed in resource-constrained countries where routine monitoring is limited. Wastewater-based metagenomics offers a potential solution for early detection and geographic mapping of AMR. Methods: We conducted a retrospective DNA shotgun metagenomic analysis of untreated wastewater collected across Nagpur, India (February-April 2021). A total of 422 grab samples were pooled into 138 composite samples from 10 urban zones and rural catchments. The bacterial microbiota and resistome were profiled, and urban-rural patterns were compared using diversity metrics and correlation analyses. Results: Across all samples, 871 bacterial genera were detected, dominated by Proteobacteria, with frequent presence of Discussion: These findings show that wastewater metagenomics sensitively resolved clinically relevant pathogens and ARGs in an Indian urban-rural setting, capturing nuanced geographic structure. Integrating routine DNA metagenomics into One Health environmental surveillance could strengthen AMR early warning and guide interventions in resource-constrained contexts.

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antimicrobial resistance (AMR)Indialow- and middle-income countriesOne Healthresistomewastewater metagenomicswastewater surveillance

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PMCPMC12932555

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