Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives

HQ Anh, TPQ Le, N Da Le, XX Lu, TT Duong… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides focused insights into the contamination status, sources, and ecological
risks associated with multiple classes of antibiotics in surface water from the East and …

Hospital wastewater as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes: a meta-analysis

S Zhang, J Huang, Z Zhao, Y Cao, B Li - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: The emergence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the
environment poses a huge global health hazard. Hospital wastewater (HWW), in which a …

Microplastics as hubs enriching antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pathogens in municipal activated sludge

DN Pham, L Clark, M Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics can serve as carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and pathogens,
representing a pressing concern to aquatic biota and human health. Activated sludge units …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in a wastewater effluent-receiving river in the Netherlands

NA Sabri, H Schmitt, B Van der Zaan… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are being used intensively for humans and livestock worldwide and have led to
the presence of antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) …

Removal of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater by membrane bioreactor systems

TH Le, C Ng, NH Tran, H Chen, KYH Gin - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) are considered new classes of water contaminants due to their potential adverse …

Removal of selected PPCPs, EDCs, and antibiotic resistance genes in landfill leachate by a full-scale constructed wetlands system

X Yi, NH Tran, T Yin, Y He, KYH Gin - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Landfill leachate could be a significant source of emerging contaminants (ECs) and
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) into the environment. This study provides the first …

Occurrence and diversity of antibiotic resistance in untreated hospital wastewater

Q Wang, P Wang, Q Yang - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), and
mobile genetic elements (MGEs) have been reported in many environments. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Free-floating extracellular DNA: Systematic profiling of mobile genetic elements and antibiotic resistance from wastewater

D Calderón-Franco, MCM van Loosdrecht, T Abeel… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The free-floating extracellular DNA (exDNA) fraction of microbial ecosystems harbors
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs). Natural …

Industrialization as a source of heavy metals and antibiotics which can enhance the antibiotic resistance in wastewater, sewage sludge and river water

J Hubeny, M Harnisz, E Korzeniewska, M Buta… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The spread of antibiotic resistance is closely related with selective pressure in the
environment. Wastewater from industrialized regions is characterized by higher …