< Previous– 20 – Merica Carev (Split, Croatia) Gastrointestinal Microbiota is the first line of defence against antimicrobial-resistant pathogens that could be acquired via the food chain, from animals, or the environment. One-Health-fighting AMR research should include Microbiota research. AGAR ART Gastrointestinal Microbiota under the Christmas Tree– 21 – Dayana Carrillo (Quito, Ecuador) Our decisions affect the development of the life we see every day. Under the microscope there is another world, for which we are also responsible. It has been captured as we see life under the microscope: COLORFUL. Regards from Ecuador Mycology and Tuberculosis Working Group, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín AGAR ART Fungi Alert– 22 – Andrés Cevallos (Quito, Ecuador) The impermanence of life tells us that the world is constantly changing, although bacteria, antibiotics, and all aspects related to health may hang by a thread. AGAR ART Life’s impermanence– 23 – Ziv Dor (Ariel, Israel) Meet Baby Yoda, the adorable emissary of scientific caution! Our pint-sized Jedi is donning a coat of ESBL strains, extracted from our equine friends and set free into the wilds of our surroundings. These mischievous bacteria have taken root in their new habitat, ChromAgar-ESBL medium. Baby Yoda’s mission? To raise the alarm about the potentially harsh consequences of the ongoing transmission of ESBL resistance, as it jumps from the animal kingdom into our environment and ultimately reaches us, humans. The Force of scientific knowledge is strong with this one! (ESBL E. coli and K. pneumoniae, plated on ChromAgar ESBL plates) “Growing, antibiotic resistance is; combat it, we must. Wise use of antibiotics, essential for health, it is, hmm.” ★ AGAR ART– 24 – Toc Dan-Alexandru (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) From Cluj to Barcelona, we are all concerned by the principles of the One Heath concept. Let’s all talk about this at ECCMID 2024! (E. coli and K. pneumoniae on UTI Agar) AGAR ART From Cluj to Barcelona– 25 – Toc Dan-Alexandru (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Nature in the centre of the One Health concept. (E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. vulgaris and C. albicans on UTI Agar) AGAR ART Nature ★– 26 – Mushroom God Stefan Galbau (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) I’ve played a game in which a giant ‘shroom could talk to the main character. I’ve thought about that and imagined a world in which the mushroom was the god of the people who worshipped it. AGAR ART– 27 – Jesús García Martínez (Fuenlabrada, Spain) An Escherichia coli culture on Cled agar have contributed to a design of one of the most recognisable icons of the city that is organising ECCMID 24. Micro - Sagrada Familia AGAR ART– 28 – Subho Bijoya Bishal Gupta (Kolkata, India) Durga Utsab is a festival mainly in eastern India to pay homage to Devi Durga. The agar art is the inscription of the face of the goddess Durga by Chryseobacterium indologenes isolate. AGAR ART– 29 – Selma Habibović (Novi Pazar, Serbia) One Health concept (una sola salud) presented through bacteria, which are an integral part of humans, animals and the environment. Life without them would be unimaginable. The canvas was HiCrome UTI agar. Microorganisms used for drawing: E. coli, S. saprophyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella penumoniae. Una sola salud ★ AGAR ARTNext >