Collaborating with more than 100 Iowa State University (ISU) faculty members, companies and industries, the Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium developed a team about three years ago to improve antimicrobial research efforts.

“This was initially an interest area identified for ISU,” said Paul Plummer, associate professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University. “We’ve evolved into a larger and more diverse group to include numerous scientific disciplines from multiple...