Microbiome-functionality in anaerobic digesters: a critical review

X Zhang, Y Wang, P Jiao, M Zhang, Y Deng, C Jiang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbially driven anaerobic digestion (AD) processes are of immense interest due to their
role in the biovalorization of biowastes into renewable energy resources. The function …

Toward a universal unit for quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental samples

X Yin, X Chen, XT Jiang, Y Yang, B Li… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surveillance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has been increasingly conducted in
environmental sectors to complement the surveys in human and animal sectors under the …

Different microplastics distinctively enriched the antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic sludge digestion through shifting specific hosts and promoting horizontal …

T Luo, X Dai, Z Chen, L Wu, W Wei, Q Xu, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Both microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are intensively detected in
waste activated sludge (WAS). However, the distinctive impacts of different MPs on ARGs …

How do microbes grow in nature? The role of population dynamics in microbial ecology and evolution

JW Fink, M Manhart - Current Opinion in Systems Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The growth of microbial populations in nature is dynamic, as the cellular physiology and
environment of these populations change. Population dynamics have wide-ranging …

Metagenomic absolute quantification of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factor genes-carrying bacterial genomes in anaerobic digesters

C Wang, X Yin, X Xu, D Wang, L Liu, X Zhang, C Yang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Sewage treatment works have been considered as hotspots for the dissemination of
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Anaerobic digestion (AD) has emerged as a promising …

Mass-immigration shapes the antibiotic resistome of wastewater treatment plants

L Zhang, B Adyari, L Hou, X Yang, M Gad… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are the hotspots for the spread of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) into the environment. Nevertheless, a comprehensive assessment of the city …

Unveiling the overlooked small-sized microbiome in river ecosystems

FZ Gao, LX Hu, YS Liu, LK Qiao, ZY Chen, JQ Su… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Enriching microorganisms using a 0.22-μm pore size is a general pretreatment
procedure in river microbiome research. However, it remains unclear the extent to which this …

Effects of ionizing irradiation on biodegradation characteristics of synthetic coal chemical industry wastewater

Z Li, J Liu, W Jia, C Zhou, L Li, D Hei, Q Shan… - Radiation Physics and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Wastewater from the coal chemical industry contains large amounts of refractory organic
compounds that pose a serious threat to the environment. This paper proposes a pre …

Quantifying microbial fitness in high-throughput experiments

JW Fink, M Manhart - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Few concepts are as central to evolution as is fitness, and yet the quantification of fitness is
often ambiguous. In particular, high-throughput experiments to measure mutant fitness in …

Microbial Risk Assessment Across Diverse Environments Based on Metagenomic Absolute Quantification with Cellular Internal Standard

T Zhang, X Shi, Y Yang, C Wang, X Xu, X Mao, X Chen… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The risk posed by microorganisms in diverse environments has emerged as a significant
concern. Despite this, existing microbial risk assessment frameworks often lack …