New insights into antibiotic resistome in drinking water and management perspectives: a metagenomic based study of small-sized microbes

L Ma, B Li, T Zhang - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in drinking water and their potential
horizontal transfer to pathogenic microbes may cause failure of antibiotics. However …

Catalogue of antibiotic resistome and host-tracking in drinking water deciphered by a large scale survey

L Ma, B Li, XT Jiang, YL Wang, Y Xia, AD Li, T Zhang - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background Excesses of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which are regarded as
emerging environmental pollutants, have been observed in various environments. The …

Antibiotic resistomes in drinking water sources across a large geographical scale: Multiple drivers and co-occurrence with opportunistic bacterial pathogens

Z Han, Y Zhang, W An, J Lu, J Hu, M Yang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) can survive the water treatment process. However, the
prevalence patterns, key drivers, and relationships with opportunistic pathogens of the …

Metagenomic profiling of antibiotic resistance genes and their associations with bacterial community during multiple disinfection regimes in a full-scale drinking water …

S Jia, K Bian, P Shi, L Ye, CH Liu - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
For comprehensive insights into the effects of multiple disinfection regimes on antibiotic
resistome in drinking water, this study utilized metagenomic approaches to reveal the …

Antibiotic resistome profile based on metagenomics in raw surface drinking water source and the influence of environmental factor: a case study in Huaihe River Basin …

Y Bai, X Ruan, X Xie, Z Yan - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
The contamination with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in raw drinking water source may
pose a direct threat to human health. In this study, metagenomics sequencing and analysis …

Antibiotic resistome in a large urban-lake drinking water source in middle China: dissemination mechanisms and risk assessment

M Han, L Zhang, N Zhang, Y Mao, Z Peng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing pollution of urban drinking water sources by antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) threatens human health worldwide. However, the distribution and influencing factors …

Antibiotic resistome alteration by different disinfection strategies in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant deciphered by metagenomic assembly

H Zhang, F Chang, P Shi, L Ye, Q Zhou… - … Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Disinfection regimes are considered the most solid strategy to reduce microbial risks in
drinking water, but their roles in shaping the antibiotic resistome are poorly understood. This …

Deciphering basic and key traits of antibiotic resistome in influent and effluent of hospital wastewater treatment systems

L Zhu, L Yuan, XY Shuai, ZJ Lin, YJ Sun, ZC Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Hospital wastewater treatment system (HWTS) is an important source and environmental
reservoir of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, how antibiotic …

Metagenomics of urban sewage identifies an extensively shared antibiotic resistome in China

JQ Su, XL An, B Li, QL Chen, MR Gillings, H Chen… - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are challenging treatment of infections
worldwide. Urban sewage is potentially a major conduit for dissemination of antibiotic …

Metagenomic surveillance of antibiotic resistome in influent and effluent of wastewater treatment plants located on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

B Shi, R Zhao, G Su, B Liu, W Liu, J Xu, Q Li… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As hotspots for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) have attracted global attention. However, there lacks a sufficient …