Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants: Tackling the black box

CM Manaia, J Rocha, N Scaccia, R Marano… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater is among the most important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance in urban
environments. The abundance of carbon sources and other nutrients, a variety of possible …

Removal of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in various wastewater treatment processes: An overview

J Wang, X Chen - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging contaminants, which have been frequently
detected in different aquatic environments, posing potential risk to public health and …

[HTML][HTML] Small-scale wastewater treatment plants as a source of the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in the aquatic environment

A Osińska, E Korzeniewska, M Harnisz, E Felis… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are significant source of antibiotic resistant bacteria
(ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which can spread further in the environment …

The structure and diversity of human, animal and environmental resistomes

C Pal, J Bengtsson-Palme, E Kristiansson… - Microbiome, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are widespread but cause
problems only when present in pathogens. Environments where selection and transmission …

Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and their associations with bacterial community in livestock breeding wastewater and its receiving river water

S Jia, XX Zhang, Y Miao, Y Zhao, L Ye, B Li, T Zhang - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

A review of SHV extended-spectrum β-lactamases: neglected yet ubiquitous

A Liakopoulos, D Mevius, D Ceccarelli - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
β-lactamases are the primary cause of resistance to β-lactams among members of the family
Enterobacteriaceae. SHV enzymes have emerged in Enterobacteriaceae causing infections …

Next generation sequencing approaches to evaluate water and wastewater quality

E Garner, BC Davis, E Milligan, MF Blair, I Keenum… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of next generation sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing the potential to
address complex microbiological challenges in the water industry. NGS technologies can …

High-throughput profiling of antibiotic resistance gene dynamic in a drinking water river-reservoir system

Y Chen, JQ Su, J Zhang, P Li, H Chen, B Zhang… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid construction of reservoir in river basin generates a river-reservoir system
containing an environmental gradient from river system to reservoir system in modern …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial ecology of a wastewater network defines the antibiotic resistance genes in downstream receiving waters

M Quintela-Baluja, M Abouelnaga, J Romalde, JQ Su… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are an effective barrier in the protection of human
and environment health around the world, although WWTPs also are suggested to be …

Metagenomics reveals the impact of wastewater treatment plants on the dispersal of microorganisms and genes in aquatic sediments

BTT Chu, ML Petrovich, A Chaudhary… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) release treated effluent containing mobile genetic
elements (MGEs), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and microorganisms into the …