Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era

S Castañeda-Barba, EM Top, T Stalder - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a substantial threat to human health. The widespread
prevalence of AMR is, in part, due to the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes …

Multiple roles of nanomaterials along with their based nanotechnologies in the elimination and dissemination of antibiotic resistance

Z Xu, D Zhao, J Lu, J Liu, G Dao, B Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become an emerging global health concern in recent years.
Particularly, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are frequently detected in high abundance …

CeO2 Nanoparticles Regulate the Propagation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes by Altering Cellular Contact and Plasmid Transfer

K Yu, F Chen, L Yue, Y Luo, Z Wang… - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The dissemination and propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via plasmid-
mediated conjugation pose a major threat to global public health. The potential effects of …

Interaction of copper-based nanoparticles to soil, terrestrial, and aquatic systems: critical review of the state of the science and future perspectives

V Rajput, T Minkina, B Ahmed, S Sushkova… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2020 - Springer
In the past two decades, increased production and usage of metallic nanoparticles (NPs)
have inevitably increased their discharge into the different compartments of the environment …

[HTML][HTML] Augmented dissemination of antibiotic resistance elicited by non-antibiotic factors

S Zhu, B Yang, Z Wang, Y Liu - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence and rapid spread of antibiotic resistance seriously compromise the clinical
efficacy of current antibiotic therapies, representing a serious public health threat worldwide …

Metal nanoparticles and pesticides under global climate change: Assessing the combined effects of multiple abiotic stressors on soil microbial ecosystems

I Fernández-Triana, O Rubilar, J Parada… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The soil is a vital resource that hosts many microorganisms crucial in biogeochemical cycles
and ecosystem health. However, human activities such as the use of metal nanoparticles …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using capsular polymeric substances produced by Bacillus altitudinis and investigation of its efficacy to kill …

U Halder, RK Roy, R Biswas, D Khan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clinically relevant antibiotic-resistant bacteria are appeared to be hard or impossible to treat
using conventional antibiotics. In this context, copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) with …

Water temperature disturbance alters the conjugate transfer of antibiotic resistance genes via affecting ROS content and intercellular aggregation

Y Li, Q Zheng, Y Lu, Y Qiao, H Guo, Q Ma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic ecosystems poses a significant
global challenge to public health. The potential effects of water temperature perturbation …

Eliminated colistin-resistance dissemination by a carbon nanotube-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 system–a combined effect of curing plasmid and conjugation blocking

K Yu, Z Cheng, Y Sun, H Ren, H Chen… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has become a major public health
problem. The recent global spread of colistin-resistance gene mcr-1 via conjugative …

Conjugative transfer of multi-drug resistance IncN plasmids from environmental waterborne bacteria to Escherichia coli

J Guzman-Otazo, E Joffré, J Agramont… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Watersheds contaminated with municipal, hospital, and agricultural residues are recognized
as reservoirs for bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). The objective of this …