Insights into the fate and removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes using biological wastewater treatment technology

T Zhu, Z Su, W Lai, Y Zhang, Y Liu - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have become a critical concern worldwide due to the severe threats to human
health and eco-environment. This review summarizes the fate of antibiotics and antibiotics …

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 …

Deciphering of microbial community and antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge reactors under high selective pressure of different antibiotics

R Zhao, J Feng, J Liu, W Fu, X Li, B Li - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, the effects of high antibiotic concentrations on the performance of microbiota and
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in activated sludge (AS) process are not well …

Changes of resistome, mobilome and potential hosts of antibiotic resistance genes during the transformation of anaerobic digestion from mesophilic to thermophilic

Z Tian, Y Zhang, B Yu, M Yang - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to reveal how antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and their horizontal and
vertical transfer-related items (mobilome and bacterial hosts) respond to the transformation …

Ozone micronano-bubble-enhanced selective degradation of oxytetracycline from production wastewater: the overlooked singlet oxygen oxidation

L Tang, S Zhou, F Li, L Sun, H Lu - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The efficient and selective removal of refractory antibiotics from high-strength antibiotic
production wastewater is crucial but remains a substantial challenge. In this study, a novel …

Impacts of biochar on the environmental risk of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements during anaerobic digestion of cattle farm wastewater

W Sun, J Gu, X Wang, X Qian, X Tuo - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar has positive effects on nitrogen conservation during anaerobic digestion, but its
impacts on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are unclear. Therefore, the effect of biochar …

Robust performance of a membrane bioreactor for removing antibiotic resistance genes exposed to antibiotics: role of membrane foulants

Y Zhu, Y Wang, S Zhou, X Jiang, X Ma, C Liu - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are an emerging concern in wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs), as dissemination of ARGs can pose a serious risk to human health. Few studies …

Impact of roxithromycin on waste activated sludge anaerobic digestion: methane production, carbon transformation and antibiotic resistance genes

BJ Ni, S Zeng, W Wei, X Dai, J Sun - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The macrolide antibiotic roxithromycin is widely detected in varying aquatic environments,
especially in the wastewater systems, as an emerging contaminant and leads to significant …

Bacterial community shift and antibiotics resistant genes analysis in response to biodegradation of oxytetracycline in dual graphene modified bioelectrode microbial …

J Chen, Y Yang, Y Liu, M Tang, R Wang, Y Tian… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study explored the biodegradation mechanisms of oxytetracycline (OTC/O) and
electrochemical characteristics from the perspective of bacterial community shift and OTC …

Microbial and genetic responses of anammox process to the successive exposure of different antibiotics

Q Zhang, J Wu, YY Yu, YJ He, Y Huang, NS Fan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The issues of antibiotics and corresponding resistance genes (ARGs) have attracted public
attention due to their environmental destructiveness. Herein, the response of the anammox …