Bioelectrochemical remediation of soil antibiotic and antibiotic resistance gene pollution: Key factors and solution strategies

K Zhao, S Liu, Y Feng, F Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, owing to the overuse and improper handling of antibiotics, soil antibiotic
pollution has become increasingly serious and an environmental issue of global concern. It …

Research progress on the origin, fate, impacts and harm of microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants

K Zhao, C Li, F Li - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Previous studies reported microplastics (MPs), antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). There is still a lack of research progress on …

Linking pharmaceutical residues to dissolved organic matter and aquatic bacterial communities in a highly urbanized bay

Z Ke, J Tang, L Yang, J Sun, Y Xu - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are causing environmental concerns associated with their widespread
distribution in aquatic ecosystems. The environmental fate and behavior of pharmaceutical …

Transcriptional modifications enhance the persistence of resistant plasmids in the presence of tetracycline in an environmentally relevant concentration

J Yang, Z Liu, B Hu, L Zhu - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have captured immense attention due to their
widespread existence and remarkable ability to spread across species boundaries. Plasmid …

A bottom-up approach to select microbes from textile wastewater for detoxification of aromatic amine and azo dye in a single stage

D Rawat, U Sharma, A Yadav, P Poria, F Farooqi… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biological processes show great promise for treating textile wastewater, but the complexity
and high energy needs limit their industrial applications. Complete dye degradation involves …

Multiple anthropogenic environmental stressors structure soil bacterial diversity and community network

M Wu, S Xie, J Zang, Y Sun, S Xu, S Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial communities in many ecosystems are suffering a wide range of environmental
stressors induced by anthropogenic perturbations. While the impacts of a single stressor …

Effects of gradual increase of ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime on nitrogen and phosphorus removal and microbial community in moving bed biofilm reactor

CM Zhang, YH Yan, L Li, J Liang - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
To clarify the effects of trace amount of antibiotics in wastewater on biofilm reactor, this study
explored the effects of gradual increase of ciprofloxacin (CIP) and cefotaxime (CTX) ranging …

Effects of co-exposure of antibiotic and microplastic on the rhizosphere microenvironment of lettuce seedlings

A Guo, C Pan, X Zhou, Y Bao - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotics and microplastics (MPs) often coexist in facility agriculture soils due to the
prevalent use of animal manure and plastic films. However, their combined impacts on the …

Selective removal of oxytetracycline by molecularly imprinted magnetic biochar

Y Jiao, Y Yi, Z Fang, PE Tsang - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Molecularly imprinted magnetic biochar (MBC@ MIPs) was synthesized through molecular
imprinting precipitation polymerization. This material demonstrated a selective adsorption …

Microhabitat influences on phage-bacteria dynamics in an abandoned mine for ecorestoration

S Karmakar, P Mukherjee, V Mishra, RK Gupta… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the complex interactions between bacteriophages (phages) and bacteria
within varied environmental niches is critical yet underexplored for improving microbe …