Anthropogenic contributions to antibiotic resistance gene pollution in household drinking water revealed by machine-learning-based source-tracking

C Wang, H Yang, H Liu, XX Zhang, L Ma - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in drinking water and their
potential horizontal gene transfer to pathogenic microbes are known to pose a threat to …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of antibiotic resistance and its association with bacterial community in a drinking water treatment plant and the residential area

FY Huang, QL Chen, X Zhang, R Neilson, JQ Su… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Drinking water treatment techniques are used globally in the context of water security and
public health, yet they are not applicable to antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) contamination …

Source tracking of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment—Challenges, progress, and prospects

LG Li, Q Huang, X Yin, T Zhang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become a global public health concern, rendering common
infections untreatable. Given the widespread occurrence, increasing attention is being …

Catalogue of antibiotic resistome and host-tracking in drinking water deciphered by a large scale survey

L Ma, B Li, XT Jiang, YL Wang, Y Xia, AD Li, T Zhang - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background Excesses of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which are regarded as
emerging environmental pollutants, have been observed in various environments. The …

Metagenomic perspectives on antibiotic resistance genes in tap water: The environmental characteristic, potential mobility and health threat

Q Meng, Y Zhang, D He, Y Xia, J Fu, C Dang - Journal of Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
As an emerging environmental contaminant, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in tap water
have attracted great attention. Although studies have provided ARG profiles in tap water …

Coexistence of antibiotic resistance genes, fecal bacteria, and potential pathogens in anthropogenically impacted water

XL Zhao, Z Qi, H Huang, J Tu, XJ Song, KZ Qi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Microbial indicators are often used to monitor microbial safety of aquatic environments.
However, information regarding the correlation between microbial indicators and …

Seasonal distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the Yellow River water and tap water, and their potential transmission from water to human

Q Yu, T Feng, J Yang, W Su, R Zhou, Y Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence and transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and opportunistic
pathogens in water environments can pose great threat to public health. However, the …

Risk assessment of antibiotic resistance genes in the drinking water system

Y Hu, L Jiang, X Sun, J Wu, L Ma, Y Zhou, K Lin… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are extensively detected in various environmental
media, whose risk assessment in the drinking water systems has not been comprehensive …

Antibiotic resistomes in drinking water sources across a large geographical scale: multiple drivers and co-occurrence with opportunistic bacterial pathogens

Z Han, Y Zhang, W An, J Lu, J Hu, M Yang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) can survive the water treatment process. However, the
prevalence patterns, key drivers, and relationships with opportunistic pathogens of the …

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 …