Beach sand is a habitat that supports many microbes, including viruses, bacteria, fungi and
protozoa (micropsammon). The apparently inhospitable conditions of beach sand …

To protect bather health at recreational beaches, fecal indicator bacterial standards are used
to monitor water quality, and waters exceeding the standards are subsequently closed to …

Environmental surveillance of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance could contribute toward
the protection of human, animal and ecosystem health. However, justification for the choice …

Growing attention has been paid to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)
in wastewater microbial communities; however, the disinfection processes, as microbial …

Vibrio vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus in the estuarine-marine environment are of human
health significance and may be increasing in pathogenicity and abundance. Vibrio illness …

Waterborne pathogens and their associated diseases are major threats to public health, and
surveillance of pathogens and identification of the sources of pollution are imperative for …

The super antibiotic resistance genes (SARGs) demonstrate more severe threats than other
antibiotic resistance genes while have not received enough attention in the environment …

The increasing use of antibiotics has become one of the main environmental and health
problems today, worldwide. In addition to causing toxic effects on non-targeted organisms …

We assessed the occurrence of pollution indicators and antibiotic resistant bacterial isolates
from water and sediment samples of three different eco-regions of the Chennai coast …

In this study, the abundance and spatial dynamics of antibiotic-resistant fecal bacteria
(Escherichia coli, total coliforms and Enterococcus spp.) were determined in water and …