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SUMMARY:EESS talk on "Antimicrobial resistance dissemination in the Swiss 
 water cycle"
DTSTART:20161115T121500
DTEND:20161115T131500
DTSTAMP:20260528T153441Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Helmut Buergmann\, Microbial Ecology\, Surface Waters - Res
 earch and Management Dept\, EAWAG\, Kastanienbaum\nAbstract: Infections wi
 th antibiotic resistant bacteria are on the rise and increasingly threaten
  the enormous benefits of the antibiotic era on a global scale. In recent 
 years it has become obvious that there are environmental aspects to the pr
 oblem. Not only do many resistance genes originate in harmless environment
 al bacteria\, but also high loads of resistance bacteria are discharged wi
 th human and animal feces possibly leading to further spread of resistance
 . Wastewater treatment is one potential hotspot for antimicrobial resistan
 ce dissemination and -perhaps- evolution\, as resistant fecal bacteria mix
  with antibiotic residues\, other toxic substances\, and a diverse and num
 erous microbial community that includes many bacteria that can survive and
  proliferate in the aquatic environment. This presentation follows the fat
 e of resistant bacteria and resistance determinants through wastewater tre
 atment into natural waters. We look at the possible role of antibiotics fo
 r resistance selection in wastewater treatment plants\, and the spread of 
 resistance into lakes and rivers. Finally the possibilities of removing re
 sistant bacteria from the wastewater stream by ozonation or PAC-ultrafiltr
 ation is discussed.  \n\nShort biography: Helmut Bürgmann is a microbial
  ecologist at Eawag\, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic science and Techn
 ology. He started out studying geoecology in Bayreuth\, Germany\, graduati
 ng in 1998. In 2003 he received his PhD from ETH Zurich\, where he worked 
 in the Soil Biology group of Prof. Zeyer. From 2004 to 2006 he was a PostD
 oc at the Marine Sciences department of the University of Georgia in Athen
 s (GA).  Since 2006 he is back in Switzerland at Eawag’s Kastanienbaum 
 location\, leading the Microbial Ecology group. His research interests inc
 lude the relationship of microbial community structure and function in aqu
 atic environments\, resistance and resilience of microbial communities and
  their functions\, and the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance into 
 aquatic envrionments.
LOCATION:GR A3 31 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2031
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