Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170103628

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170103628

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How antibiotic resistance is transferred from animal manure to vegetable. This project aims to decipher the transmission routes of antibiotic resistance from animal manure to manured soil and vegetable. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) threaten human health, but the pathways and mechanisms for transmission of ARGs in the environment are unknown. This project will investigate all the major classes of ARGs in typical animal manure and vegetable form, and possible routes for their transmission from manure to soil and to vegetable surfaces and endophytic bacterial communities. The results are expected to identify the ARGs indicators likeliest to spread into the food chain, and develop management options to tackle the environmental antibiotic resistance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 30-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $399,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified | Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Soil Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management |

Other Keywords

Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management | Microbial Ecology | Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Soil Biology

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