Wastewater treatment plants, an “escape gate” for ESCAPE pathogens

LG Marutescu, M Popa, I Gheorghe-Barbu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotics are an essential tool of modern medicine, contributing to significantly decreasing
mortality and morbidity rates from infectious diseases. However, persistent misuse of these …

Antibiotic resistance genes associated with size-segregated bioaerosols from wastewater treatment plants: a review

T Yang, X Wang, L Jiang, X Sui, X Bi, B Jiang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The antibiotic-resistant pollution in size-segregated bioaerosols from wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs) is of increasing concern due to its public health risks, but an elaborate …

Efficient peroxymonosulfate activation by magnetic MoS2@ Fe3O4 for rapid degradation of free DNA bases and antibiotic resistance genes

C Nie, Y Hou, F Liu, Q Dong, Z Li, P Han, M Tong - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have become as emerging contaminant with great
concerns worldwide due to their threats to human health. It is thus urgent to develop …

Antibiotic resistome associated with inhalable bioaerosols from wastewater to atmosphere: Mobility, bacterial hosts, source contributions and resistome risk

T Yang, X Wang, X Hui, L Jiang, X Bi, HY Ng, X Zheng… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistome can be carried by the bioaerosols and propagate from wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) to the atmosphere, but questions remain regarding their mobility …

[HTML][HTML] Industrial effluents boosted antibiotic resistome risk in coastal environments

Z Su, D Wen, AZ Gu, Y Zheng, Y Tang, L Chen - Environment International, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been regarded as an important source of
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in environment, but out of municipal domestic WWTPs …

Metagenomic surveillance of antibiotic resistome in influent and effluent of wastewater treatment plants located on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

B Shi, R Zhao, G Su, B Liu, W Liu, J Xu, Q Li… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As hotspots for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) have attracted global attention. However, there lacks a sufficient …

Metagenome sequencing reveals shifts in phage-associated antibiotic resistance genes from influent to effluent in wastewater treatment plants

Z Li, X Guo, B Liu, T Huang, R Liu, X Liu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to global health, and the microbe-rich
activated sludge environment may contribute to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance …

Horizontal transfer potential of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants unraveled by microfluidic-based mini-metagenomics

J Ma, H Sun, B Li, B Wu, X Zhang, L Ye - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are known to harbor antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs), which can potentially spread to the environment and human populations. However …

Inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital wastewater by ozone-based advanced water treatment processes

T Azuma, M Usui, T Hayashi - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continue on a global scale.
The impacts of wastewater on the environment and human health have been identified, and …

Transition of antimicrobial resistome in wastewater treatment plants: impact of process configuration, geographical location and season

R Honda, N Matsuura, S Sorn, S Asakura… - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistome in wastewater treatment plants was investigated via shotgun
metagenomic analysis over a variety of geographical locations, seasons, and biological …