An interactive Web-Based database of antibiotic resistance in bacteria in aquaculture systems: structure.

The internet is the fastest growing tool and arguably the most popular method of accessing public domain information. Web-based applications will not only enable people to take advantage of the wide geographic coverage and low cost of the internet, but will also save time, money and training in the future as transition to a browser-based user interface standard continues. The presented application has been designed in order to collect data coming from aquaculture samples. It is part of the European founded project ASIARESIST (ICA4-CT-2001-10028). This project aims to isolate bacteria resistant to antibiotics in fish water and sediment samples coming from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. We present the technical choices and specific implementation of the database and its interface. The final result of this system will be a steadily growing database monitoring antibiotic trends and dynamics across the industry and the environment of the south-east Asia region.