Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)

While encompassing the full range of agricultural research activities, ARO focuses in particular on arid zone agriculture, enabling Israel - a country short of all the resources required for agriculture - to achieve among the highest levels of agricultural output in the world.

In our laboratory we study microorganisms in agroecosystems in order to understand their correlations to environmental, plant and public health. We apply a combination of culture-based and culture independent approaches using advanced molecular, genomic and bioinformatics tools.

Research Topics:

• The soil resistome

• Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants

• Antibiotic resistance in animal feed

• Antibiotic resistance in poultry

• Antibiotic resistance in freshwater ecosystems