[HTML][HTML] Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance

A Frei, AD Verderosa, AG Elliott, J Zuegg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacteria, similar to most organisms, have a love–hate relationship with metals: a specific
metal may be essential for survival yet toxic in certain forms and concentrations. Metal ions …

A global meta-analysis of heavy metal (loid) s pollution in soils near copper mines: Evaluation of pollution level and probabilistic health risks

L Chen, M Zhou, J Wang, Z Zhang, C Duan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the mining industry, the pollution of heavy metal (loid) s in
soils near copper (Cu) mining sites is a significant concern worldwide. However, the …

Beneficial features of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving plant growth and health in challenging conditions: A methodical review

E Oleńska, W Małek, M Wójcik, I Swiecicka… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
New eco-friendly approaches are required to improve plant biomass production. Beneficial
plant growth-promoting (PGP) bacteria may be exploited as excellent and efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc essentiality, toxicity, and its bacterial bioremediation: A comprehensive insight

S Hussain, M Khan, TMM Sheikh, MZ Mumtaz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Zinc (Zn) is one of the most abundantly found heavy metals in the Earth's crust and is
reported to be an essential trace metal required for the growth of living beings, with it being a …

[HTML][HTML] Plants—Microorganisms-based bioremediation for heavy metal cleanup: Recent developments, phytoremediation techniques, regulation mechanisms, and …

A Raklami, A Meddich, K Oufdou, M Baslam - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid industrialization, mine tailings runoff, and agricultural activities are often detrimental to
soil health and can distribute hazardous metal (loid) s into the soil environment, with harmful …

mobileOG-db: a manually curated database of protein families mediating the life cycle of bacterial mobile genetic elements

CL Brown, J Mullet, F Hindi, JE Stoll… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial mobile genetic elements (MGEs) encode functional modules that perform both core
and accessory functions for the element, the latter of which are often only transiently …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater treatment plants as a reservoir of integrase and antibiotic resistance genes–an epidemiological threat to workers and environment

W Zieliński, E Korzeniewska, M Harnisz… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional mechanical and biological wastewater treatment is unable to completely
eliminate all pollutants, which can therefore enter surface water bodies together with treated …

[HTML][HTML] Potential environmental and human health risks caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and emerging contaminants …

U Anand, B Reddy, VK Singh, AK Singh, KK Kesari… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) directly at landfills or open dump areas,
without segregation and treatment, is a significant concern due to its hazardous contents of …

Characterizations of heavy metal contamination, microbial community, and resistance genes in a tailing of the largest copper mine in China

X Jiang, W Liu, H Xu, X Cui, J Li, J Chen… - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Copper mine tailings are causing great environmental concern nowadays due to their high
contents of heavy metals. These hazards may release to air, water, and soil, posing great …

A critical review on the migration and transformation processes of heavy metal contamination in lead-zinc tailings of China

T Chen, X Wen, J Zhou, Z Lu, X Li, B Yan - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The health risks of lead-zinc (Pb–Zn) tailings from heavy metal (HMs) contamination have
been gaining increasing public concern. The dispersal of HMs from tailings poses a …