JPI ARENA

Antibiotic Resistance and Pathogenic Signature in Marine and Freshwater Aquaculture Systems

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Over the past decade, the aquaculture industry has grown significantly, becoming a major source of fish for human consumption. However, this growth has raised issues regarding public health and the marine environment and, in particular, regarding contamination of the aquaculture production environment as well as the final food product with antibiotics and other emerging pollutants, such as antibiotic-resistant and other pathogenic bacteria.

The goal of the ARENA project, coordinated by CNR IRBIM in collaboration with the CNR IRSA of Rome and Verbania, is to understand the transmission pathways and fate of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and other pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture, including possible contamination from the environment (e.g, in open systems such as mariculture: freshwater discharges in the vicinity of aquaculture cages, seawater, sediment , benthic organisms residing in the vicinity of growth cages, feed; in RAS systems: water inputs, water inside cages, water before and after filtration processes, feed). Finally, the accumulation of the contamination in the final food product (fish fillet) will be evaluated. To achieve this goal, the ARENA project will use several innovative approaches, including metagenomic molecular methods, or methods based on quantitative PCR and the newer digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), and early-warning tools will be developed (including a flow cytometry-based assay, a system based on the use of the Nanopore DNA sequencing portable sequencing platform, and biosensors).

Project partners:

CNR IRBIM (Italy)
ICRA (Spain)
FH Aachen (Germany)
KU Leuven (Belgium)
ULiége (Belgium)

Referent:

Gian Marco Luna

Director of Research

Ancona

SCOPRI DI PIÙ

Programme: JPI AMR - Aquatic Pollutants

Web Site: https://www.jpi-arena.eu/en/

Duration: November 17, 2021 - November 16, 2024

Budget: 1.101.910,00 €

Budget IRBIM: 150.000,00 €

Areas of Research:

TEAM

Elisa Baldrighi

Research Fellow

Ancona

Andrea Fanelli

Technologist

Ancona

Gian Marco Luna

Director of Research

Ancona

Elena Manini

Senior Researcher

Ancona

Grazia Marina Quero

Researcher

Ancona

Pierluigi Strafella

Researcher

Ancona

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The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.

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