The prevalence and removal of antibiotic resistance genes in full-scale wastewater treatment plants: Bacterial host, influencing factors and correlation with nitrogen …

Q Ping, Z Zhang, L Ma, T Yan, L Wang, Y Li - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Variations in antibiotic resistance genes and microbial community in sludges passing through biological nutrient removal and anaerobic digestion processes in …

S Raza, KH Kang, J Shin, SG Shin, J Chun, HU Cho… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a relentless, silent pandemic. Contributing to this
are wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), a potential source of antibiotic resistance …

Distribution, sources, and potential risks of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plant: a review

Y Wang, Y Han, L Li, J Liu, X Yan - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Irrational use of antibiotics produces a large number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB)
and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) act as …

The factors controlling antibiotic resistance genes in different treatment processes of mainstream full-scale wastewater treatment plants

Z Wang, L Fu, JD Gu, S Deng, C Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The alteration of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in wastewater has been less studied in
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), making it difficult to assess ARGs' spreading risk …

Deciphering the factors influencing the discrepant fate of antibiotic resistance genes in sludge and water phases during municipal wastewater treatment

J Zhang, M Yang, H Zhong, M Liu, Q Sui, L Zheng… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
The discrepant fate of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in sludge and water phases was
investigated in a municipal wastewater treatment plant, and a lab-scale A 2 O-MBR was …

Prevalence and proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes in two municipal wastewater treatment plants

D Mao, S Yu, M Rysz, Y Luo, F Yang, F Li, J Hou, Q Mu… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
The propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is an emerging health concern
worldwide. Thus, it is important to understand and mitigate their occurrence in different …

Functional genera, potential pathogens and predicted antibiotic resistance genes in 16 full-scale wastewater treatment plants treating different types of wastewater

XY Fan, JF Gao, KL Pan, DC Li, HH Dai, X Li - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the bacterial communities and antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) in 16 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) treating municipal, industrial and mixed …

Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes and their association with bacterial communities in activated sludge of wastewater treatment plants: Geographical …

H Zhang, H He, S Chen, T Huang, K Lu, Z Zhang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are deemed reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs). Bacterial phylogeny can shape the resistome in activated sludge. However, the co …

Metagenomic analysis reveals wastewater treatment plants as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements

J Guo, J Li, H Chen, PL Bond, Z Yuan - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
The intensive use of antibiotics results in their continuous release into the environment and
the subsequent widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic …