The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory (MI-BaRL) conducts research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes. We have concentrated our studies on antibiotic-resistant bacteria of human-health concern, including vancomycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Klebsiella and E. coli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. However, our methods are adaptable to a wide array of bacteria and antibiotic-resistances, from a variety of sources. We also conduct analyses identical to those performed by the National Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) on bacteria isolated from the environment. We have expertise and considerable prior experience in antibiotic-resistance testing (all standard clinical approaches), probit analysis of community resistance profiles, polymerase chain reaction for antibiotic-resistance genes, plasmid isolation and analysis, and gene sequencing.
- Non-USGS publication is available at: Effects on groundwater microbial communities of an engineered 30-day in situ exposure to the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory (MI-BaRL) conducts research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes. We have concentrated our studies on antibiotic-resistant bacteria of human-health concern, including vancomycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Klebsiella and E. coli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. However, our methods are adaptable to a wide array of bacteria and antibiotic-resistances, from a variety of sources. We also conduct analyses identical to those performed by the National Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) on bacteria isolated from the environment. We have expertise and considerable prior experience in antibiotic-resistance testing (all standard clinical approaches), probit analysis of community resistance profiles, polymerase chain reaction for antibiotic-resistance genes, plasmid isolation and analysis, and gene sequencing.
- Non-USGS publication is available at: Effects on groundwater microbial communities of an engineered 30-day in situ exposure to the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole