Bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistance in water habitats: searching the links with the human microbiome

I Vaz-Moreira, OC Nunes… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Water is one of the most important bacterial habitats on Earth. As such, water represents
also a major way of dissemination of bacteria between different environmental …

Ralstonia spp.: emerging global opportunistic pathogens

MP Ryan, CC Adley - European journal of clinical microbiology & …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The bacterial genus Ralstonia (Gram-negative non-fermenters) is becoming more
prevalent in cases of infection with three bacterial species, Ralstonia pickettii, Ralstonia …

[HTML][HTML] Inhaled nanomaterials and the respiratory microbiome: clinical, immunological and toxicological perspectives

TY Poh, NABM Ali, M Mac Aogáin… - Particle and fibre …, 2018 - Springer
Our development and usage of engineered nanomaterials has grown exponentially despite
concerns about their unfavourable cardiorespiratory consequence, one that parallels …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of thermophiles in a Malaysian hot spring determined using 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenome sequencing

CS Chan, KG Chan, YL Tay, YH Chua… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Sungai Klah (SK) hot spring is the second hottest geothermal spring in Malaysia. This
hot spring is a shallow, 150-m-long, fast-flowing stream, with temperatures varying from 50 …

Thermophiles in the genomic era: Biodiversity, science, and applications

MS Urbieta, ER Donati, KG Chan, S Shahar… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermophiles and hyperthermophiles are present in various regions of the Earth, including
volcanic environments, hot springs, mud pots, fumaroles, geysers, coastal thermal springs …

Metabolic characteristics of the species Variovorax paradoxus

B Satola, JH Wübbeler, A Steinbüchel - Applied microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
This review outlines information about the Gram-negative, aerobic bacterium Variovorax
paradoxus. The genomes of these species have G+ C contents of 66.5–69.4 mol%, and the …

Antibiotic resistome alteration by different disinfection strategies in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant deciphered by metagenomic assembly

H Zhang, F Chang, P Shi, L Ye, Q Zhou… - … Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Disinfection regimes are considered the most solid strategy to reduce microbial risks in
drinking water, but their roles in shaping the antibiotic resistome are poorly understood. This …

Microbiological characterization of aquatic microbiomes targeting taxonomical marker genes and antibiotic resistance genes of opportunistic bacteria

J Alexander, A Bollmann, W Seitz, T Schwartz - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
The dissemination of medically relevant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)(blaVIM-1, vanA,
ampC, ermB, and mecA) and opportunistic bacteria (Enterococcus faecium/faecalis …

Microbiology of drinking water production and distribution

G Bitton - 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In industrial countries, we take safe drinking water for granted. Due to an increase in world
population, the microbiological safety of drinking water is becoming a worldwide concern …

Bacterial community of biofilms developed under different water supply conditions in a distribution system

H Sun, B Shi, Y Bai, D Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
In order to understand the bacterial community characteristics of biofilms developed under
different finished water supply histories in drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) …