Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a grand societal challenge with important dimensions in
the water environment that contribute to its evolution and spread. Environmental monitoring …

Sewage sludge is an important reservoir of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),
and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and the …

Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. However, massive anthropogenic
activities generate threatening levels of biological, organic, and inorganic pollutants that are …

The intensive use of antibiotics for human, veterinary and agricultural purposes, results in
their continuous release into the environment. Together with antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant …

Abstract Worldwide, antibiotic usage exceeds 100,000 tons per year and there is increasing
concern over the fate of these substances. Antibiotics are ubiquitous in the environment and …

Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are prevalent in estuarine and coastal
environments due to substantial terrestrial input, aquaculture effluent, and sewage …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a worldwide threat to human health and biosecurity.
The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via conjugative plasmid transfer is a major …

Background The study of microbiomes using whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing
enables the analysis of uncultivated microbial populations that may have important roles in …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) pollution has been considered as one of the most
significant emerging environmental and health challenges in the 21st century, many efforts …

Antibiotics are widely used for treatment of diseases caused by bacteria. They reach the
aquatic environment through urine and excreta. The dominant antibiotics that are commonly …