Spatial and temporal distribution of antibiotic resistomes in a peri-urban area is associated significantly with anthropogenic activities

Q Xiang, QL Chen, D Zhu, XL An, XR Yang, JQ Su… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, the peri-urban areas are
often the sites for waste dumps, which may exacerbate the occurrence and spread of …

Antibiotic resistance gene abundances associated with heavy metals and antibiotics in the sediments of Changshou Lake in the three Gorges Reservoir area, China

L Lu, J Liu, Z Li, X Zou, J Guo, Z Liu, J Yang, Y Zhou - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Human activities have very important influence on the migration and transformation of
antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). In the present study, Changshou Lake …

Removal and distribution of antibiotics and resistance genes in conventional and advanced drinking water treatment processes

J Wang, X Sha, X Chen, H Zhuo, W Xie, Z Zhou… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the extensive detection of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in drinking
water treatment plants, the safety of drinking water has received increased attention …

Metagenomic-based surveillance systems for antibiotic resistance in non-clinical settings

S Pillay, D Calderón-Franco, A Urhan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The success of antibiotics as a therapeutic agent has led to their ineffectiveness. The
continuous use and misuse in clinical and non-clinical areas have led to the emergence and …

Antibiotic resistance gene abundance and bacterial community structure in soils altered by ammonium and nitrate concentrations

S Sun, C Lu, J Liu, MA Williams, Z Yang, Y Gao… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soils pose a risk to ecological and human health, and
are considered emerging pollutants. Application of nitrogen fertilizer affects the soil bacterial …

Application of biosolids drives the diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in soil and lettuce at harvest

L Yang, W Liu, D Zhu, J Hou, T Ma, L Wu, Y Zhu… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
High-throughput quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) was used to profile the composition and diversity of ARGs in biosolid-amended soil …

Cadmium enhances conjugative plasmid transfer to a fresh water microbial community

Q Pu, XT Fan, H Li, XL An, SB Lassen, JQ Su - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) by heavy metals might facilitate the
spread of ARGs in the environments. Cadmium contamination is ubiquitous, while, it …

Phenanthrene biodegradation in a fed–batch reactor treating a spent sediment washing solution: Techno–economic implications for the recovery of ethanol as …

F Bianco, M Race, S Papirio, G Esposito - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The continuous dredging of sediments contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
such as phenanthrene (PHE) has required the employment of high–efficiency technologies …

Metagenomic characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in Antarctic soils

KE Yuan, KE Yu, R Yang, Q Zhang, Y Yang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are considered environmental pollutants.
Comprehensive characterization of the ARGs in pristine environments is essential towards …

Responses of sediment resistome, virulence factors and potential pathogens to decades of antibiotics pollution in a shrimp aquafarm

J Lu, X Zhang, C Wang, M Li, J Chen, J Xiong - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aquaculture ecosystem has become a hotspot of antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs)
dissemination, owing to the abuse of prophylactic antibiotics. However, it is still unclear how …