Emerging contaminants, including pharmaceutical and personal care products, are
receiving considerable attention owing to their potential to negatively impact the …

Water scarcity is a global problem, and is particularly acute in certain regions like Africa, the
Middle East, as well as the western states of America. A breakdown on water usage …

This study aimed to investigate the chlorination effects on microbial antibiotic resistance in a
drinking water treatment plant. Biochemical identification, 16S rRNA gene cloning and …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are one of the main sources of pharmaceutical
residue in surface water. Epilithic biofilms were collected downstream from 12 WWTPs of …

There is increasing evidence that human activity, and especially the resulting effluent, has a
major role in the dissemination of bacterial antibiotic-resistance determinants in the …

Metagenomics can be used to monitor the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs).
ARGs found in databases such as ResFinder and CARD primarily originate from culturable …

Wastewater treatment plants act as socio-ecological couplers through the concentration,
treatment, and subsequent environmental release of sewage collected from surrounding …

Evaluating the activity of extracellular and intracellular enzymes derived from wastewater
microbial communities is essential to improve our fundamental understanding of …

Substantial quantities of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are discharged with treated
residual municipal wastewater solids and subsequently applied to soil. The objective of this …

Residual wastewater solids are a significant reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs).
While treatment technologies can reduce ARG levels in residual wastewater solids, the …