Resources and further reading

Antimicrobial Resistance explainer

This briefing looks at the threat posed by AMR, and the human activities that are making the problem worse – such as the overuse of antibiotics in medicine, the proliferation of resistant microbes in care homes and hospitals, and the use of medically vital antimicrobials as growth promoters or prophylactics in livestock and crop production.

Antimicrobial resistance policy briefing

This briefing looks at the threat posed by AMR, and the human activities that are making the problem worse – such as the overuse of antibiotics in medicine, the proliferation of resistant microbes in care homes and hospitals, and the use of medically vital antimicrobials as growth promoters or prophylactics in livestock and crop production.

A Sustainable Future: Antimicrobial Resistance Policy Report

Access our report, which highlights the crucial role microbiology plays in tackling AMR and identifies how microbiologists can rise to one of the biggest healthcare threats we face.

Blogs on antimicrobial resistance

Explore more content outlining the latest research in antimicrobial resistance via our blog series.

Antimicrobial resistance journal content

Discover more about the field of antimicrobial resistance research by browsing through our journal content.

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Case studies

Explore a range of case studies that focus on AMR including, using existing drugs to make bacteria susceptible to antibiotics, how ecology can affect antibiotic resistance, and if Victorian water treatment technologies are fit for the AMR era.

Novel antimicrobial strategies

In this specially commissioned digital collection of content, we will explore some of the approaches we can take, and are currently undertaking, as a community, to improve global awareness, reduce non-essential usage of antimicrobials and invest in research to develop new antimicrobials and alternative antimicrobial therapies.

Novel products from microbes

Micro-organisms have fascinating lifestyles, and many of those that live in the natural environment carry out beneficial or detrimental functions depending on the situation in which they find themselves. We will explore how the natural world has provided us with a huge diversity of products, which have been utilised for everything from medicine to pesticides.

Microbiology Today: Antimicrobials

In 2009, the World Health Organization recognised that antibiotic resistance was one of the three greatest threats to human health. In this issue of Microbiology Today, we discuss some of the issues related to antibiotics, their use and discovery.

Microbiology Today Natural Products and Drug Discovery

In this issue of Microbiology Today we discuss various potential sources of novel drugs are discussed, with the featured articles examining the promise of foods such as honey and garlic, as well as bacterial products.

Marvellous Microbes: Using Antibiotics

This edition of Marvellous Microbes, and is all about antibiotic resistance. The story follows a brother and sister, one who has a bacterial throat infection and the other a viral infection. They visit the doctor and learn about how antibiotics work and how they are best used.

Antimicrobial Resistance Microbiology journal collection

Guest-edited by Professor Willem van Schaik and Dr Robert Moran, this special collection on antimicrobial resistance featured in Microbiology, aims to highlight research on the emergence, accumulation and spread of antimicrobial resistance, with a particular focus on opportunistic pathogens and the mobile genetic elements therein.

New antibiotics needed: WHO priority pathogens of concern

In 2017, the World Health Organisation published a list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. This publication was compiled to help guide and promote research and the development of new antibiotics, and lists 12 families in order of research priority. In an effort to help raise the profile of these important pathogens, Microbial Genomics has commissioned a

Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics – where are we now?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and economic crisis. With too few antibiotics in development to meet current and anticipated needs, there is a critical need for new therapies to treat Gram-negative infections. In this article, researchers review the fundamental science supporting the feasibility of predatory bacteria as alternatives to antibiotics.

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Challenges and opportunities in antimicrobial resistance research

The current landscape of research into AMR in UK/Ireland is broad and highly active, and it is an arena in which we can have a major global impact. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities in antimicrobial resistance research, as discussed in a workshop hosted by the Microbiology Society.

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