Understanding human health risks caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Current knowledge and …

M Amarasiri, D Sano, S Suzuki - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Aquatic environments are identified as an ideal setting for acquisition and dissemination of
antibiotic resistance, and human exposure to antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and …

Intracellular versus extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in the environment: Prevalence, horizontal transfer, and mitigation strategies

A Zarei-Baygi, AL Smith - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are present as both intracellular and extracellular
fractions of DNA in the environment. Due to the poor yield of extracellular DNA in …

Sorption of sulfamethazine onto different types of microplastics: a combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study

X Guo, Y Liu, J Wang - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics are becoming a global concern due to their potential to accumulate pollutants
in aquatic environments. In this paper, sulfamethazine (SMT) sorption onto six types of …

Freshwater viral metagenome reveals novel and functional phage-borne antibiotic resistance genes

K Moon, JH Jeon, I Kang, KS Park, K Lee, CJ Cha… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Antibiotic resistance developed by bacteria is a significant threat to global
health. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) spread across different bacterial populations …

Viral community and virus-associated antibiotic resistance genes in soils amended with organic fertilizers

ML Chen, XL An, H Liao, K Yang, JQ Su… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance is a global health concern. Long-term organic fertilization can influence
the antibiotic resistome of agricultural soils, posing potential risks to human health. However …

Bacteriophages as environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance

W Calero-Cáceres, M Ye, JL Balcázar - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
Although antibiotic resistance represents a significant and growing public health concern,
the contribution of bacteriophages (phages) to the mobilization of antibiotic resistance genes …

Antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils: Source, fate, mechanism and attenuation strategy

J Wang, L Wang, L Zhu, J Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils is a significant environmental and health challenge
worldwide. To minimize the risk of antibiotic resistance, it is important to understand the fate …

Metagenome sequencing reveals shifts in phage-associated antibiotic resistance genes from influent to effluent in wastewater treatment plants

Z Li, X Guo, B Liu, T Huang, R Liu, X Liu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to global health, and the microbe-rich
activated sludge environment may contribute to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial communities in the western Pacific and Southern Oceans

J Jang, J Park, CY Hwang, J Choi, J Shin… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)
and the composition of bacterial communities along a transect covering the western Pacific …

Uses of bacteriophages as bacterial control tools and environmental safety indicators

P Rogovski, RD Cadamuro, R da Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriophages are bacterial-specific viruses and the most abundant biological form on
Earth. Each bacterial species possesses one or multiple bacteriophages and the specificity …