Performance of sewage sludge treatment for the removal of antibiotic resistance genes: Status and prospects

S Yin, L Gao, X Fan, S Gao, X Zhou, W Jin, Z He… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) receive wastewater containing antibiotic resistant
bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs), which are predominant contributors to …

Roles and fates of antibiotics in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: Insights to pro-and re-duction of antibiotic resistance genes

QB Meng, ZW He, W Yang, WT Li, CC Tang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) is considered as a promising
alternative to realize sludge stabilization and bioenergy recovery, thereby driving carbon …

Sludge thermal hydrolysis for mitigating oxidative stress of polystyrene nanoplastics in anaerobic digestion: significance of the solids content

SM Mirsoleimani Azizi, BS Zakaria… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microplastics and nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) have been extensively detected in sewage
sludge. They inevitably transfer to anaerobic digestion (AD) used for sludge processing and …

Fates of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes during sludge anaerobic digestion with different pretreatments

Y Zou, W Tu, M Wu, X Liu, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes (iARGs and eARGs) together
constitute the resistome in sludge. However, the respective fates of iARGs and eARGs …

Leveraging machine learning for prediction of antibiotic resistance genes post thermal hydrolysis-anaerobic digestion in dairy waste

H Su, T Zhu, J Lv, H Wang, J Zhao, J Xu - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion holds promise as a method for removing antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) from dairy waste. However, accurately predicting the efficiency of ARG removal …

Effect of reactor operation modes on mitigating antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and methane production from hydrothermally-pretreated pig manure

C Guo, S Lin, T Lyu, Y Ma, R Dong, S Liu - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous efforts have been made to enhance the performance of anaerobic digestion (AD)
for accelerating renewable energy generation, however, it remains unclear whether the …

New Insights into Removing Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Environmental Factors, Technical Means, and Molecular Mechanisms

L Pan, Z Yang, L Liu, L Chen, C Wang - Current Pollution Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Antibiotic resistance has become a significant challenge around
the world, and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have also been recognized as emerging …

Fate of antibiotic resistance genes during sludge anaerobic fermentation: Roles of different sludge pretreatment

Y Wang, B Cheng, Y Jia, Y Qi, H Li, Q Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Excess sludge, the primary by-product of wastewater treatment plants, is the source and sink
of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Sludge pretreatments are an indispensable pathway …

Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Sewage Sludge and Its Mitigation During Anaerobic Digestion

R Zhao, H Li, L Wang, Y Sun - Anaerobic Digestion: Fundamentals …, 2024 - Springer
Sewage sludge is a significant reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in wastewater
treatment plants, posing risks when applied to agricultural soils. Anaerobic digestion shows …

Heated Resistance: Thermal Treatment Technology Mitigation of Biological Wastes' Antibiotic Resistance and Gene Mobility in Waste Systems

CK Poindexter - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The burgeoning global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has policy makers,
veterinarians, farmers, and physicians re-evaluating antibiotic stewardship. Worldwide …