Review of antimicrobial resistance in the environment and its relevance to environmental regulators

AC Singer, H Shaw, V Rhodes, A Hart - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global
spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and …

The potential of knowing more: A review of data-driven urban water management

S Eggimann, L Mutzner, O Wani… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
The promise of collecting and utilizing large amounts of data has never been greater in the
history of urban water management (UWM). This paper reviews several data-driven …

The structure and diversity of human, animal and environmental resistomes

C Pal, J Bengtsson-Palme, E Kristiansson… - Microbiome, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are widespread but cause
problems only when present in pathogens. Environments where selection and transmission …

Surveillance of Enterococcus spp. reveals distinct species and antimicrobial resistance diversity across a One-Health continuum

R Zaheer, SR Cook, R Barbieri, N Goji, A Cameron… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract For a One-Health investigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Enterococcus
spp., isolates from humans and beef cattle along with abattoirs, manured fields, natural …

Evidence for wastewaters as environments where mobile antibiotic resistance genes emerge

F Berglund, S Ebmeyer, E Kristiansson… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of mobile antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in pathogens have
become a serious threat to global health. Still little is known about where ARGs gain mobility …

Characterization of bacterial communities in wastewater with enhanced taxonomic resolution by full-length 16S rRNA sequencing

D Numberger, L Ganzert, L Zoccarato, K Mühldorfer… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Wastewater treatment is crucial to environmental hygiene in urban environments. However,
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) collect chemicals, organic matter, and …

Elucidating selection processes for antibiotic resistance in sewage treatment plants using metagenomics

J Bengtsson-Palme, R Hammaren, C Pal… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sewage treatment plants (STPs) have repeatedly been suggested as “hotspots” for the
emergence and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A critical question still …

Maternal diet during pregnancy is related with the infant stool microbiome in a delivery mode-dependent manner

SN Lundgren, JC Madan, JA Emond, HG Morrison… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background The gut microbiome has an important role in infant health and immune
development and may be affected by early-life exposures. Maternal diet may influence the …

Measuring biomarkers in wastewater as a new source of epidemiological information: Current state and future perspectives

E Gracia-Lor, S Castiglioni, R Bade, F Been… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
The information obtained from the chemical analysis of specific human excretion products
(biomarkers) in urban wastewater can be used to estimate the exposure or consumption of …

Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission

ML Nadimpalli, SJ Marks, MC Montealegre… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to
disproportionately burden lower-and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the coming …