Environmental pollution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has been a great public
concern. Integrons, as mobile genetic elements, with versatile gene acquisition systems …

Heavy metals have been recognized as potential factors driving the evolution and
development of antibiotic resistance. However, the relative effects of cadmium (Cd) and …

The absence of effective wastewater treatment technology to eliminate emerging pollutants
from municipal sewage has become a pressing issue. In this study, the efficacy of a novel …

This study investigated the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the influent,
effluent, and waste activated sludge (WAS) of eight full-scale municipal wastewater …

Disinfectants are routinely used in human environments to control and prevent the
transmission of microbial disease, and this is particularly true during the current COVID-19 …

Waterborne bacteria that naturally live in biofilms are continuously exposed to
pharmaceutical residues, regularly released into the freshwater environment. At the source …

The extracellular and intracellular antibiotic resistance genes (eARGs and iARGs) together
constitute the entire resistome in environments. However, the systematic analysis of eARGs …

The small multidrug resistance (SMR) family is composed of widespread microbial
membrane proteins that fulfill different transport functions. Four functional SMR subtypes …

Urban green spaces are closely related to the activities and health of urban residents. Turf
grass and soil are two major interfaces between the environmental and human microbiome …

Ciprofloxacin (CIP), one of the most frequently detected antibiotics in water systems, has
become an aquatic contaminant because of improper disposal and excretion by humans …