Deciphering the antibiotic resistome and microbial community in municipal wastewater treatment plants at different elevations in eastern and western China

H Sun, H Zhang, D Wu, J Ding, Y Niu, T Jiang, X Yang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) as emerging environmental contaminants pose severe
global risks to public health and ecosystems. Municipal wastewater treatment plants …

Tracking antibiotic resistome during wastewater treatment using high throughput quantitative PCR

XL An, JQ Su, B Li, WY Ouyang, Y Zhao, QL Chen… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) contain diverse antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),
and thus are considered as a major pathway for the dissemination of these genes into the …

Wastewater treatment plant effluents exert different impacts on antibiotic resistome in water and sediment of the receiving river: metagenomic analysis and risk …

Y Wu, S Li, K Yu, J Hu, Q Chen, W Sun - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are considered as hotspots for the spread of
antibiotic resistome into the environment. However, the differential contributions of WWTPs …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Industrial effluents boosted antibiotic resistome risk in coastal environments

Z Su, D Wen, AZ Gu, Y Zheng, Y Tang, L Chen - Environment International, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been regarded as an important source of
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in environment, but out of municipal domestic WWTPs …

Urban ponds as hotspots of antibiotic resistome in the urban environment

L Hou, L Zhang, F Li, S Huang, J Yang, C Ma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence, dissemination and assembly processes of antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) in urban water ecosystems are far from being understood. Here, we examined the …

Behavior of antibiotic resistance genes in a wastewater treatment plant with different upgrading processes

ZJ Lin, ZC Zhou, L Zhu, LX Meng, XY Shuai… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in China have been upgraded or renovated with a
variety of emerging processes, but a comprehensive understanding of the behavior of …

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 …

Unveiling dynamics of size-dependent antibiotic resistome associated with microbial communities in full-scale wastewater treatment plants

K Yu, P Li, Y He, B Zhang, Y Chen, J Yang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Serious concerns have been raised regarding antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) with
respect to their potential threat to human health. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have …

Effects of treatments and distribution on microbiome and antibiotic resistome from source to tap water in three Chinese geographical regions based on metagenome …

Y Ke, W Sun, Y Xue, Y Zhu, S Yan, S Xie - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) represent emerging environmental pollutants that
present health risks. Drinking water supply systems (DWSSs), including sources to tap …