Antimicrobials used in salmon aquaculture pass into the marine environment. This could have negative impacts on marine environmental biodiversity, and on terrestrial animal and human health as a result of selection for bacteria containing antimicrobial resistance genes. We therefore measured the numbers of culturable bacteria and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in marine sediments in the Calbuco Archipelago, Chile, over 12-month period at a salmon aquaculture site approximately 20 m from a salmon farm and at a control site 8 km distant without observable aquaculture activities.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/salmon-aquaculture-and-antimicrobial-resistance-marine-environment
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0042724
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alejandro-h-buschmann
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alexandra-tomova
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alejandra-l%C3%B3pez-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aquaculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antibiotic
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-fisheries
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chile
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation