Silver and gold nanoparticles for antimicrobial purposes against multi-drug resistance bacteria

N Rabiee, S Ahmadi, O Akhavan, R Luque - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several pieces of research have been done on transition metal nanoparticles and their
nanocomplexes as research on their physical and chemical properties and their relationship …

Heavy metal‐induced selection and proliferation of antibiotic resistance: A review

P Vats, UJ Kaur, P Rishi - Journal of applied microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance is recognized as a global threat to public health. The selection and
evolution of antibiotic resistance in clinical pathogens were believed to be majorly driven by …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater treatment plants as a reservoir of integrase and antibiotic resistance genes–an epidemiological threat to workers and environment

W Zieliński, E Korzeniewska, M Harnisz… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional mechanical and biological wastewater treatment is unable to completely
eliminate all pollutants, which can therefore enter surface water bodies together with treated …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance in urban river ecosystems

S Reddy, K Kaur, P Barathe, V Shriram… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with the ability to thwart clinical therapies and escalate
mortality rates is emerging as one of the most pressing global health and environmental …

Heavy metal contamination in water of Indus River and its tributaries, Northern Pakistan: evaluation for potential risk and source apportionment

S Muhammad, QA Usman - Toxin Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the heavy metals (HM) contamination in the water of Indus River and
its tributaries, northern Pakistan. Water samples (n= 44) were collected along with the five …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomic evidence for co-occurrence of antibiotic, biocide and metal resistance genes in pigs

X Li, C Rensing, G Vestergaard, M Arumugam… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic-resistant pathogens constitute an escalating public health concern. Hence a better
understanding of the underlying processes responsible for this expansion is urgently …

COVID-19 and importance of environmental sustainability

NK Arora, J Mishra - Environmental Sustainability, 2020 - Springer
A pandemic of unprecedented magnitude has rocked the mankind. As per the reports and
research the sight of origin of the outbreak of this pneumonia-like disease has been …

Source-oriented ecological and resistome risks associated with geochemical enrichment of heavy metals in river sediments

Z Yang, C Li, H Chen, X Shan, J Chen, J Zhang, S Liu… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) pose ecological and resistome risks to aquatic systems. To efficiently
develop targeted risk mitigation strategies, apportioning HM sources and assessing their …

Characterization of Arsenic-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae RnASA11 from Contaminated Soil and Water Samples and Its Bioremediation Potential

P Kumar, B Dash, DC Suyal, SB Gupta, AK Singh… - Current …, 2021 - Springer
Rapid industrialization and intensive agriculture activities have led to a rise in heavy metal
contamination all over the world. Chhattisgarh (India) being an industrial state, the soil and …

Effects of co-selection of antibiotic-resistance and metal-resistance genes on antibiotic-resistance potency of environmental bacteria and related ecological risk factors

AB Engin, ED Engin, A Engin - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The inadequate elimination of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP),
cause to increase in the incidence of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains. Growth of microbial …