A viral outbreak is a global challenge that affects public health and safety. The coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been spreading globally, affecting millions of people …

Characterizing the response of microbial communities to a range of antibiotic concentrations
is one of the strategies used to understand the impact of antibiotic resistance. Many studies …

Bacteria form a highly complex ecosystem in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. In recent years,
mounting evidence has shown that bacteria can release nanoscale phospholipid bilayer …

Abstract Between August 2018 and June 2019, a river system in Germany that supplies a
drinking water reservoir and is subject to the discharge from two sewage treatment plants …

The oceans are increasingly polluted with plastic debris, and several studies have
implicated plastic as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes and a potential vector for …

The inadequate elimination of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP),
cause to increase in the incidence of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains. Growth of microbial …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are newly recognized as important vectors for carrying and
spreading antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, the ARGs harbored by EVs in …

Understanding the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is critical for human
health. For this, it is necessary to identify which type of mobile genetic elements is able to …

Exchange of mobile functional genes within microbiota benefits the microbial community.
However, the status of the mobile gene pool in environment is still largely unclear, impeding …

The effects of sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of antibiotics on aquatic
environments is not yet fully understood. Here, we explore these effects by employing a …