Flows of water, soil, litter, and anthropogenic materials in and around rivers lead to the
mixing of their resident microbial communities and subsequently to a resultant community …

Plastic pollution in aquatic environments, particularly microplastics (< 5 mm), is an emerging
health threat. The buoyancy, hydrophobic hard surfaces, novel polymer carbon sources and …

Large amounts of antibiotics are currently used in livestock breeding, which is the main
driving factor contributing to the occurrence, spread and proliferation of antibiotic resistant …

Urban rivers represent a unique ecosystem in which pollution occurs regularly, leading to
significantly altered of chemical and biological characteristics of the surface water and …

The temporal and spatial characteristics of urban river bacterial communities help us
understand the feedback mechanism of bacteria to changes in the aquatic environment. The …

The main objective of this study was to investigate the antibiotic resistance (AR) levels in
wastewater (WW) and the impact on the receiving river. Samples were collected once per …

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents carrying plenty of nutrients and
micropollutants pose serious threats to receiving rivers, however, the response of microbial …

Urban rivers are impacted ecosystems which may play an important role as reservoirs for
antibiotic-resistant (AR) bacteria. The main objective of this study was to describe the …

Urban rivers constitute a major part of urban drainage systems, and play critical roles in
connecting other surface waters in urban areas. Black-odorous urban rivers are widely …

Bacterial community structure (BCS) in freshwater ecosystems varies seasonally and due to
physicochemical gradients, but metacommunity structure of a major river remains …