The Priestia genus is poorly known in freshwater systems; though the combination of antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and spore-forming traits indicate that it has key survival characteristics. Halotolerant bacteria harbor opportunistic human pathogens and a public health risk because the bacteria have a high prevalence of antibiotic resistance and biofilm capability, which contribute to environmental persistence and reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes. This environmental resistome is a notable and developing characteristic of the urban aquatic microbiome.
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