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  • Environmental science
  • Microbiology
  • Public health

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  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global public health issue.
  • Widespread AMR pollution complicates source tracking due to various pollution types and environmental factors.
  • Traditional methods struggle to quantitatively identify the sources of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel, quantitative source-tracking platform for AMR pollution.
  • To address the challenge of disentangling source-sink relationships in complex environmental conditions.
  • To enable accurate risk assessment and mitigation strategy design for ARG dissemination.

Main Methods:

  • Combined broad-spectrum ARG profiling with machine learning classification (SourceTracker).
  • Validated the platform using 656 global environmental samples (gut, wastewater, soil, ocean).
  • Evaluated performance using artificial configurations and analyzed environmental metagenomic datasets.

Main Results:

  • SourceTracker demonstrated excellent performance in identifying ARG sources in wastewater treatment plant influents and effluents.
  • The platform's potential was validated across diverse environmental types and geographical regions.
  • Identified generalist and specialist indicator ARGs for tracking continuous pollution gradients.

Conclusions:

  • The developed source-tracking platform, integrated with metagenomic analysis, offers significant implications for assessing AMR pollution.
  • Enables risk ranking of different sources contributing to ARG dissemination.
  • Paves the way for prioritizing AMR mitigation efforts and designing effective control strategies.