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  "abstract": "Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has substantially improved the detection and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by enabling the rapid identification of acquired resistance genes, resistance-associated point mutations, and mobile genetic elements. However, the presence of a resistance determinant does not necessarily establish its functional contribution to the antimicrobial phenotype. This mini-review argues that a central limitation of current genotype-to-phenotype prediction is representational: multidimensional resistance architectures are frequently reduced to binary presence–absence profiles. Such representations disregard gene integrity, expression state, promoter architecture, copy number, genomic localization, regulatory topology, strain background, and within-isolate population heterogeneity. Using functionally silent determinants, pseudogenized resistance genes, inducible and dosage-dependent resistance, altered permeability and efflux, heteroresistance, and genomic-context dependence as examples, we examine how this loss of biological information can generate both false-resistant and false-susceptible predictions. We further discuss why metagenomic ARG detection cannot be directly equated with phenotypic resistance and why prediction models trained on restricted clinical populations may not generalize across species, lineages, and One Health compartments. Moving from determinant detection toward context-aware and quantitative phenotype prediction will require the selective integration of long-read sequencing, transcriptomics, copy-number analysis, population-aware sequencing, standardized phenotypic metadata, and externally validated computational models. The relevant unit of AMR prediction is therefore not the resistance gene alone, but its functional state within a specific genomic, cellular, population, and environmental context.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE), Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering (ALiCE), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal",
    "National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Rua dos Lagidos, Vila do Conde, Portugal",
    "School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal",
    "Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV), Network of Chemistry and Technology (REQUIMTE), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal",
    "Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal"
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      "name": "Emílio Gomes"
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  "doi": "10.3389/fcimb.2026.1924354",
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  "published": "2026-10-21",
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  "title": "From genome to phenotype: advances, challenges and One Health perspectives in the genomic prediction of antimicrobial resistance",
  "title_text": "From genome to phenotype: advances, challenges and One Health perspectives in the genomic prediction of antimicrobial resistance",
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  "venue": "Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology",
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