Microplastic pollution and associated impacts in the aquatic environment are spreading at
an alarming rate worldwide. Plastic waste is increasing in the environment, and …

Bacterial metabolism determines the effectiveness of biological treatment of wastewater.
Therefore, it is important to define the relations between the species structure and the …

Slaughterhouse industry generates considerable amount of wastewater rich in proteins,
lipids, fibres, and carbohydrates. Numerous technologies such as electrocoagulation …

Wastewater treatment is crucial to environmental hygiene in urban environments. However,
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) collect chemicals, organic matter, and …

Antibiotic resistance has become a serious threat to human health. Sewage treatment plant
(STP) is one of the major sources of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in natural …

Understanding which/how antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) contribute to increased
acquisition of resistance by pathogens in aquatic environments are challenges of profound …

Plastic pollution is a major global concern with several million microplastic particles entering
every day freshwater ecosystems via wastewater discharge. Microplastic particles stimulate …

Water quality is an emergent property of a complex system comprised of interacting
microbial populations and introduced microbial and chemical contaminants. Studies …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of long-term application of pig
manure on the accumulation of heavy metals, antibiotics and ARGs in surface soil sampled …

The emergence of next generation sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing the potential to
address complex microbiological challenges in the water industry. NGS technologies can …