First Name: Ed
Name: Topp
Position: Principal Research Scientist
Email: ed.topp@agr.gc.ca
Institute / University / Company: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Unit: London Research and Development Centre
Address (city, state): London, Ontario
Country: Canada
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- agriculture
- antibiotic resistance
- soil
- sewage sludge
- manure
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- antibiotics
- pharmaceuticals
- pesticides
- biocides
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
- environmental and pathogenic bacteria
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest: agroecosystems
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: NO
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Revellin C, Hartmann A, Solanas S, Topp E. 2018. Long-Term Exposure of Agricultural Soil to Veterinary Antibiotics Changes the Population Structure of Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobacteria Occupying Nodules of Soybeans (Glycine max). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84.
- Larsson DGJ, Andremont A, Bengtsson-Palme J, Brandt KK, de Roda Husman AM, Fagerstedt P, Fick J, Flach C-F, Gaze WH, Kuroda M, Kvint K, Laxminarayan R, Manaia CM, Nielsen KM, Plant L, Ploy M-C, Segovia C, Simonet P, Smalla K, Snape J, Topp E, van Hengel AJ, Verner-Jeffreys DW, Virta MPJ, Wellington EM, Wernersson A-S. 2018. Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance. Environ. Int. 117:132-138.
- Lau CH-F, van Engelen K, Gordon S, Renaud J, Topp E. 2017. Novel Antibiotic Resistance Determinants from Agricultural Soil Exposed to Antibiotics Widely Used in Human Medicine and Animal Farming. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 83.
- Cleary DW, Bishop AH, Zhang L, Topp E, Wellington EMH, Gaze WH. 2016. Long-term antibiotic exposure in soil is associated with changes in microbial community structure and prevalence of class 1 integrons. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 92:fiw159.
- Konopka M, Henry HAL, Marti R, Topp E. 2014. Multi-year and short-term responses of soil ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes to zinc bacitracin, monensin and ivermectin, singly or in combination. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34:618-625.