Antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: implications for public health and aquaculture

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Published: 2025-05-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70102/3c8c6h89
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Antibiotic resistance, Aquatic environments, Bacteria, Genome, Public health, Aquaculture.

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Dr. Prakash Deep
Professor, Maharishi School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharishi University of Information Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Wamika Goyal
Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
Udita Goyal
Quantum University Research Center, Quantum University, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.
Dr. Thiru Chitrambalam M
Professor, ISME, ATLAS SkillTech University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Dr. Prabu D
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
Dr. Laxmidhar Maharana
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Dr. Suhas Ballal
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Karnataka, India.

Abstract

The emergence of Antibiotic Resistance (AR) and polyresistance in infectious agents poses a significant global health threat. AR bacteria pose a potential Public Health (PH) threat due to their immediate spread to people by ingesting infected food or water or spreading their AR genomes to harmful microbes linked to Aquatic Environments (AE). Aquaculture is vital to address contemporary issues, including the demand for protein to sustain human populations and the imperative of environmental stewardship. The application of antibiotics in AE induces AR in the adjacent bacteria within the aquatic section, debris, and fish-associated bacteria cultures. Bacteria may disseminate AR genes and portable resistance genomes by crossing genes horizontally propagating genomic markers. Upon activation, AR rapidly disseminates throughout marine microbial populations and may infect public infectious bacteria, rendering antibiotic usage ineffective for PH. Strategies must be implemented to mitigate adverse effects on PH, with a decrease in the utilization of antibiotics as a central focus. The One Healthcare (OH) strategy, integrating diverse expertise in veterinary science, ecosystems, and healthcare while adhering to principles of sustainable development, is essential and highly advocated to address significant PH and ecological safety concerns in the AE.

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Volume 5, Issue 1 (January-June), 2025

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Antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: implications for public health and aquaculture (D. P. Deep, W. Goyal, U. Goyal, D. T. C. M, D. P. D, D. L. Maharana, & D. S. Ballal, Trans.). (2025). International Journal of Aquatic Research and Environmental Studies, 5(1), 696-704. https://doi.org/10.70102/3c8c6h89

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