Bacterial Resistance Genes found in Women and Infants in Australia

 By: Andrea Martinez This figure shows (A) the major and (B) the minor types of antimicrobial resistance genes that were found in the fecal samples of healthy women and infants in Australia. This is simply the overview that was found when the researchers used the shotgun metagenomics sequencing method. Figure from Guernier-Cambert et. al. Over the last couple of years there has been a rise in the number of bacteria and other microorganisms that develop antimicrobial resistance. This has led to nearly 700,000 deaths a year due to these drug resistant diseases. The human gut contains a large variety of bacteria which can differ due to one's age, diet, genetic background, culture, pregnancy, and a variety of other factors. Recently it was found that human gut resistomes can be diverse due to the country we live in. In this study, there were fecal samples collected from seven adults and two infants who are from southeast Australia since Australia was ranked seventh when it came to hi...