Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal

  1. Gil‐Serna, Jessica 27
  2. Antunes, Patricia 67
  3. Campoy, Susana 11
  4. Cid, Ángeles 19
  5. Cobo‐Molinos, Antonio 8
  6. Durão, Paulo 4
  7. Fajardo, Carmen 24
  8. Fouz, Belén 10
  9. Freitas, Ana R. 722
  10. Grosso, Filipa 7
  11. de Groot, Piet W. J. 1
  12. de Miguel, Trinidad 21
  13. Zorn, Bruno González 29
  14. Hinojosa, Belén 20
  15. Leão, Maria João 45
  16. Llagostera, Montserrat 11
  17. de Llanos, Rosa 28
  18. Lucía, Ainhoa 16
  19. Maicas, Sergi 10
  20. Marín, Irma 12
  21. Martínez‐Cañamero, Magdalena 9
  22. Miranda, Carla 22
  23. Molina‐Guijarro, José Manuel 24
  24. Moreno, Diego A. 12
  25. de los Llanos Palop, María 20
  26. Pérez‐Álvarez, María José 23
  27. Pereira, Pedro M. 4
  28. Pérez‐Gracia, María Teresa 17
  29. Quinteira, Sandra 22
  30. Rioboo, Carmen 19
  31. Robredo, Beatriz 14
  32. Rodríguez‐Calleja, José María 30
  33. de la Haba, Rafael R. 31
  34. Sánchez, Sandra 21
  35. Angulo, Manuel Sánchez 15
  36. Sánchez‐Porro, Cristina 31
  37. Sangari, Félix J. 13
  38. Santos, Beatriz 26
  39. Silveira, Eduarda 3
  40. Vicedo, Begonya 18
  41. Cid, Víctor J. 25
  42. all members of MicroMundo Teams in Spain and Portugal
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  1. 1 Universidad de Castilla‐La Mancha, Higher Technical School of Agronomic and Forestry Engineering and Biotechnology (ETSIAMB‐UCLM) Albacete Spain
  2. 2 Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers (ETSII‐UPM) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid Spain
  3. 3 Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Centro de Investigação Vasco da Gama Coimbra Portugal
  4. 4 Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) Oeiras Portugal
  5. 5 Oeiras Municipality Oeiras Portugal
  6. 6 School of Nutrition and Food Sciences Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
  7. 7 Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO) Universidade Do Porto Porto Portugal
  8. 8 Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Granada Granada Spain
  9. 9 Department of Health Sciences Universidad de Jaén, Microbiology Area Jaén Spain
  10. 10 Department of Microbiology and Ecology, School of Biology Universitat de València Burjassot Spain
  11. 11 Department de Genetics and Microbiology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
  12. 12 Department of Molecular Biology, School of Sciences Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid Spain
  13. 13 Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Universidad de Cantabria‐CSIC Santander Spain
  14. 14 Microbiology Area, Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences Universidad de la Rioja, Area of Didactic of Experimental Sciences, School of Science and Technology Logroño Spain
  15. 15 Department of Vegetal Production and Microbiology Universidad Miguel Hernández Elche Spain
  16. 16 Department of Microbiology, Pediatrics, Radiology and Public Health Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza Spain
  17. 17 Universidad Cardenal Herrera‐CEU Valencia Spain
  18. 18 Department of Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, School of Technology and Experimental Sciences Universitat Jaume I Castellón Spain
  19. 19 Microbiology Laboratory, School of Sciences Universidade da Coruña A Coruña Spain
  20. 20 School of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry Universidad de Castilla‐La Mancha Toledo Spain
  21. 21 Departament of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela Spain
  22. 22 Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde‐Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, IUCS‐CESPU Gandra Portugal
  23. 23 Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, School of Sciences Universidade de Vigo, Microbiology Area Ourense Spain
  24. 24 Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, School of Sciences Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares Spain
  25. 25 Department of Microbiology y Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid Spain
  26. 26 Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC‐Universidad de Salamanca Salamanca Spain
  27. 27 Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid Spain
  28. 28 School of Health Sciences Universitat Jaume I Castellón Spain
  29. 29 Antimicrobial Resistance Unit (ARU), Animal Health Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid Spain
  30. 30 Department of Food Hygiene and Food Technology, School of Veterinary Universidad de León León Spain
  31. 31 Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla Spain
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Revista:
Microbial Biotechnology

ISSN: 1751-7915,  1751-7915

Ano de publicación: 2025

Volume: 18

Número: 3

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.70123 PMID: 40035803 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-86000261017 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Microbial Biotechnology

Resumo

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat to human, animal and environmental health. Among the multidisciplinary tasks aimed at collectively tackling the AMR crisis, surveillance, research and education stand as major priorities. Based on a crowdsourcing research strategy, the MicroMundo project, a partner of the Tiny Earth initiative in Spain and Portugal, has been developed and consolidated with success in the academic environment. The objectives are focused on promoting research and, especially, on bringing knowledge of One Health and microbiology concepts, as well as AMR awareness to the community. Following a service-learning approach, MicroMundo integrates university and secondary/high school students in a citizen science-based research project to collectively isolate microorganisms with the potential to produce new antibiotics from soil environments. Over the last 7 years, 32 MicroMundo hubs operating across 31 different Portuguese and Spanish universities have recruited thousands of teenagers in this quest. Here we review the outcome of this unprecedented effort from a scientific and an educational perspective.

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