Summary
Bacteria can evolve and become resistant to antibiotics that are used to treat infections. Antibiotic resistance is a serious global health challenge and is a factor in millions of deaths each year. The environment plays an important role in how resistant bacteria survive and spread. Scientists have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria can spread in aerosols in air. This CAREER project focuses on how the formation of aerosols influences the transport and spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes. It uses a flow-through chamber to simulate bacterial transport in air and to measure the response
