Microecology of aerobic denitrification system construction driven by cyclic stress of sulfamethoxazole

XY Fan, ZX Zhang, X Li, YK Liu, SB Cao, WN Geng… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
The construction of aerobic denitrification (AD) systems in an antibiotic-stressed
environment is a serious challenge. This study investigated strategy of cyclic stress with …

Does phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer represent an environmental risk?

E González-Villalobos, JL Balcázar - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
A growing number of recent studies suggest that the contribution of phages to antibiotic
resistance should not be underestimated. Here we describe their implications for public and …

Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide

PJ Diebold, MW Rhee, Q Shi, NV Trung… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The acquisition of antimicrobial resistance (AR) genes has rendered important pathogens
nearly or fully unresponsive to antibiotics. It has been suggested that pathogens acquire AR …

Giant viruses as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

X Yi, JL Liang, P Wen, P Jia, S Feng, S Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs; also called giant viruses), constituting the
phylum Nucleocytoviricota, can infect a wide range of eukaryotes and exchange genetic …

Use of Wastewater and Electrogenic Bacteria to Generate Eco-Friendly Electricity through Microbial Fuel Cells

M De La Cruz-Noriega, SM Benites, S Rojas-Flores… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Power generation and wastewater treatment are two great challenges for sustainable
development. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a sustainable alternative that can generate …

Longitudinal metatranscriptomic sequencing of Southern California wastewater representing 16 million people from August 2020–21 reveals widespread transcription …

JA Rothman, A Saghir, SA Chung, N Boyajian, T Dinh… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater provides a representative sample of human fecal waste across a
catchment area and contains a wide diversity of microbes. Sequencing wastewater samples …

Bacteriophages limitedly contribute to the antimicrobial resistome of microbial communities in wastewater treatment plants

R Sabatino, T Sbaffi, P Sivalingam, G Corno… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteriophages are known as players in the transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes
(ARGs) by horizontal gene transfer. In this study, we characterized the bacteriophage …

Accessory genes define species-specific routes to antibiotic resistance

L Dillon, NJ Dimonaco, CJ Creevey - Life science alliance, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
A deeper understanding of the relationship between the antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
gene carriage and phenotype is necessary to develop effective response strategies against …

Seasonal variation of antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant: Contribution of activated sludge functional …

SK Guruge, Z Han, S Dai, A Islam, W Ben, Z Tian… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
It has been demonstrated that antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) exhibit seasonal variations
in municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWTPs), but their relationship to bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Integron-associated genes are reliable indicators of antibiotic resistance in wastewater despite treatment-and seasonality-driven fluctuations

RDS Tavares, C Fidalgo, ET Rodrigues, M Tacão… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study aims to characterize the bacterial community, resistome and integron
abundance of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) over the course of 12 months …