Contribution of microplastic particles to the spread of resistances and pathogenic bacteria in treated wastewaters

S Galafassi, R Sabatino, MB Sathicq, EM Eckert… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastic Particles (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants widely found in aquatic
ecosystems. Although MPs are mostly retained in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), a …

Occurrence and distribution of azithromycin in wastewater treatment plants, seawater, and sediments of the northern part of the Persian Gulf around Bushehr port: A …

F Mirzaie, F Teymori, S Shahcheragh, S Dobaradaran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the environmental effects of COVID 19 is the contamination of ecosystems with
antibiotics due to their high consumption to treat this disease. Many years ago, the …

Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of antibiotics and heavy metals in the Yitong River basin and ecological risk assessment

K Zhao, Q Wang, S Qian, F Li - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Due to rapid socioeconomic development, antibiotic pollution and heavy metal pollution are
receiving increasing amounts of attention. Both antibiotics and heavy metals in the …

[HTML][HTML] PET particles raise microbiological concerns for human health while tyre wear microplastic particles potentially affect ecosystem services in waters

MB Sathicq, R Sabatino, A Di Cesare, EM Eckert… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although abundant and chemically peculiar, tyre wear microplastic particles (TWP) and their
impact on the microbial communities in water are largely understudied. We tested in …

Ecotrophic perspective in fisheries management: a review of Ecopath with Ecosim models in European marine ecosystems

I Keramidas, D Dimarchopoulou, E Ofir… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this work is to present the food web models developed using the Ecopath with
Ecosim (EwE) software tool to describe structure and functioning of various European …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional and biodegradable plastics host distinct and potentially more hazardous microbes when compared to both natural materials and planktonic …

R Sabatino, R Zullo, A Di Cesare, R Piscia… - Journal of hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic particles are persistent micropollutants that provide a substrate for the growth of
bacterial biofilms, posing a threat to the environment. This study explores the changes in …

Diversity, abundances and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in the South China Sea revealed by metagenomic sequencing

H Su, X Hu, W Xu, Y Xu, G Wen, Y Cao - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence factors (VFs) pose considerable health
risks to humans. The occurrence and abundance of several typical ARGs in the sea have …

Microplastic and antibiotics in waters: Interactions and environmental risks

J Guo, X Jin, Y Zhou, B Gao, Y Li, Y Zhou - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotics (ATs) are ubiquitously detected in natural waters worldwide, and their tendency to
co-migrate with microplastics (MPs) post-adsorption leads to heightened environmental risk …

Heavy metal resistance of marine bacteria on the sediments of the Black Sea

S Kalkan - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Black Sea is unfortunately globally established as a highly polluted sea, with
contaminants from various sources polluting its marine sediments. This study aimed at …

Antibiotic resistance genes correlate with metal resistances and accumulate in the deep water layers of the Black Sea

R Sabatino, PJ Cabello-Yeves, EM Eckert… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seas and oceans are a global reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Only a few
studies investigated the dynamics of ARGs along the water column of the Black Sea, a …