Insights into the fate and removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes using biological wastewater treatment technology

T Zhu, Z Su, W Lai, Y Zhang, Y Liu - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have become a critical concern worldwide due to the severe threats to human
health and eco-environment. This review summarizes the fate of antibiotics and antibiotics …

Human and veterinary antibiotics during composting of sludge or manure: Global perspectives on persistence, degradation, and resistance genes

A Ezzariai, M Hafidi, A Khadra, Q Aemig… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plant effluent, sludge and manure are the main sources of
contamination by antibiotics in the whole environment compartments (soil, sediment, surface …

Deciphering the mobility and bacterial hosts of antibiotic resistance genes under antibiotic selection pressure by metagenomic assembly and binning approaches

R Zhao, K Yu, J Zhang, G Zhang, J Huang, L Ma… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of antibiotics can exert significant selection pressure on the emergence and
spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) …

Comparison of chemical and biological degradation of sulfonamides: Solving the mystery of sulfonamide transformation

J Hu, X Li, F Liu, W Fu, L Lin, B Li - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Sulfonamides (SAs) are widespread in aquatic environments and pose serious
environmental risks. The removal efficiencies and degradation mechanisms of SAs in both …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater treatment plants as a reservoir of integrase and antibiotic resistance genes–an epidemiological threat to workers and environment

W Zieliński, E Korzeniewska, M Harnisz… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional mechanical and biological wastewater treatment is unable to completely
eliminate all pollutants, which can therefore enter surface water bodies together with treated …

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 …

The effect of bioelectrochemical systems on antibiotics removal and antibiotic resistance genes: a review

W Yan, Y Xiao, W Yan, R Ding, S Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing human activities, a great demand for animal protein and intensive use of
antibiotics, are responsible for the persistent emergence of antibiotic contaminants in the …

Three-dimensional porous graphene-like biochar derived from Enteromorpha as a persulfate activator for sulfamethoxazole degradation: Role of graphitic N and …

Y Qi, B Ge, Y Zhang, B Jiang, C Wang, M Akram… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional graphene-like biochar derived from Enteromorpha (EGB) was prepared
as a persulfate (PS) activator for sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation. The graphitic N in the …

Anaerobic digestion in the elimination of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant genes from the environment–A comprehensive review

A Aziz, A Sengar, F Basheer, IH Farooqi… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are considered emerging contaminants that may cause substantial detrimental
effects on the environment. The severe threat is the development of antibiotic resistance due …

Slower antibiotics degradation and higher resistance genes enrichment in plastisphere

J Wang, C Peng, Y Dai, Y Li, S Jiao, X Ma, X Liu… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly entering the urban aquatic ecosystems, and the
environmental significance and health risks of plastisphere, a special biofilm on MPs, have …