Bridging disciplines towards wastewater-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: frequency, local dynamics, and genomic characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Katharina A. Werner, Vladimir Bajić, Christian Blumenscheit, David Baum, Daniel Desirò, Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo, Jeanette Barthelmes, Anne-Kathrin Liebschner, C Förster, Stephan Fuchs, Silver Anthony Wolf, Astrid Bethe, M. Hölzer, Birgit Walther
This paper develops a workflow for detecting carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in wastewater using wet-lab methods and genomics, finding high prevalence and specific genetic markers.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology