Institute / University / Company: University of Lorraine
Research Unit: LCPME- (UMR UL-CNRS)
Address (city, state): Nancy
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicology:
Molecular Ecology
Antibiotic resistance genes
Microbial ecology
Environmental invasion
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARG)
Antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB)
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest: Bacteria
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest: Water
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: Yes
If yes, please tell us more about the courses (University, course level,website,etc): M2 (University of lorraine)
Website URL: lcpme.ul.cnrs.fr/
Message: I would like to join the ecotoxicomic network to promote the concept that antibiotic resistance genes should be treated as environmental contaminants in the same way as other pollutants.
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
Sagrillo C., Changey F., Bellanger X. Bacteriophages vehiculate a high amount of antibiotic resistance determinants of bacterial origin in the Orne River ecosystem. Environmental microbiology, 24(9), 2022, 4317–4328. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16083
Changey F., Bagard M., Souleymane M., Lerch T.Z. (2018) Cascading effects of elevated ozone on wheat rhizosphere microbial communities depend on temperature and cultivar”. Environmental Pollution. 242:113-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.073
Noor S., Changey F., Oakeshott J., Scott C., Martin-Laurent F. (2013) Ongoing functional evolution of the bacterial atrazine chlorohydrolase AtzA. Biodegradation, 25, 21-30. 10.1007/s10532-013-9637-2
Changey F., Devers-Lamrani M, Rouard N., Martin-Laurent F. (2011) In Vitro Evolution of an atrazine-degrading population under cyanuric acid selection pressure: Evidence for the selective loss of a 47 kb region on the plasmid ADP1 Containing the atzA, B and C genes. Genes, 490, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2011.09.005