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

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Rafael D.S. Tavares | Cátia Fidalgo | Elsa T. Rodrigues | Marta Tacão | Isabel Henriques

Assessment of antibiotic resistance genes in soils polluted by chemical and technogenic ways with poly-aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Environmental Research

Research funded by Russian Science Foundation (19-74-10046) | Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (075-15-2022-1122)

Authors: Ming Hung Wong | Tatiana Minkina | Nikita Vasilchenko | Svetlana Sushkova | Yanina Delegan | Anuj Ranjan | Pallavi Saxena | Sarieh Tarigholizadeh | Tamara Dudnikova | Andrey Barbashev | Aleksey Maksimov | Alexandr Faenson | Rıdvan Kızılkaya

Effect of polyethylene microplastics on antibiotic resistance genes: A comparison based on different soil types and plant types

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Authors: Yi Li | Xinwei Shi | Meng Zeng | Peiqing Qin | Mingyue Fu | Shiyu Luo | Chijian Tang | Cuiju Mo | Fangming Yu

Entry pathways determined the effects of MPs on sludge anaerobic digestion system: The views of methane production and antibiotic resistance genes fates

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Environmental Research

Authors: Xueting Wang | Guangchen Huang | Qirui Chen | Ruirui Pang | Zhibang Han | Jundong Zhu | Bing Xie | Yinglong Su | Shuai Zhou

Characterisation of microbial communities and quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in Italian wastewater treatment plants using 16S rRNA sequencing and digital PCR

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Science of The Total Environment

Authors: Giusy Bonanno Ferraro | Carmelo Bonomo | David Brandtner | Pamela Mancini | Carolina Veneri | Rossella Briancesco | Anna Maria Coccia | Luca Lucentini | Elisabetta Suffredini | Dafne Bongiorno | Nicolò Musso | Stefania Stefani | Giuseppina La Rosa

Transmission mechanism of antibiotic resistance genes and their differences between water and sediment in the Weihe River Basin

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Environmental Research

Research funded by Xi’an Technological University (104-252072312) | National Natural Science Foundation of China (51809211) | Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial government (20JY045)

Authors: Yutong Zhang | Min Wang | Xiaoping Zhou | Wen Cheng | Jiehui Ren | Tian Wan | Xiaoyan Liu

Leaching of antibiotic resistance genes and microbial assemblages following poultry litter applications in karst and non-karst landscapes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published July 2024 in Science of The Total Environment

Authors: Mitiku Mihiret Seyoum | Amanda J. Ashworth | Phillip R. Owens | Sheela Katuwal | Joshua M. Lyte | Mary Savin

Seasonal variations of profiles of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factor genes in household dust from Beijing, China revealed by the metagenomics

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Science of The Total Environment

Authors: Zhi-Zi Zhou | Jasmine Zhu | Yue Yin | Long-Jun Ding

Corrigendum to: “Chitosan oligosaccharide accelerates the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes through promoting conjugative plasmid transfer” [J Hazard Mater 469 (2024) 133922]

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Authors: Yan Zhang | Wenjie Li | Yashuang Wu | Xiaomin Tian | Gong Li | Yufeng Zhou | Jian Sun | Xiaoping Liao | Yahong Liu | Yang Wang | Yang Yu

Effects of eutrophication on the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in microalgal-bacterial symbiotic systems

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Environmental Research

Authors: Ziqi You | Ce Wang | Xiaobin Yang | Zikuo Liu | Yueqiang Guan | Jiandong Mu | Huijuan Shi | Zhao Zhao

Identification of an Enterococcus faecium strain isolated from raw bovine milk co-harbouring the oxazolidinone resistance genes optrA and poxtA in China

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Veterinary Microbiology

Research funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF0710505) | Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (1610302022001)

Authors: Jie Hou | Qiu Xu | Longyu Zhou | Jiyun Chai | Longhua Lin | Caiping Ma | Yao Zhu | Wanjiang Zhang

Black soldier fly-based bioconversion of biosolids: Microbial community dynamics and fate of antibiotic resistance genes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Science of The Total Environment

Authors: Kristin Bohm | Will Taylor | Pradip Gyawali | Isabelle Pattis | María J. Gutiérrez Ginés

Impacts of microplastic type on the fate of antibiotic resistance genes and horizontal gene transfer mechanism during anaerobic digestion

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Journal of Environmental Management

Research funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (52109054) | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (B210201040)

Authors: Ming Xu | Peng Gao | Yuan Gao | Shi-jin Xiong | Hao-qiang Chen | Xiao-xiao Shen

A review focusing on mechanisms and ecological risks of enrichment and propagation of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements by microplastic biofilms

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Environmental Research

Authors: Ranran Zhou | Xirong Huang | Zhongtang Xie | Zhuhong Ding | Hengchen Wei | Qijie Jin

Global trends in carbapenem- and difficult-to-treat-resistance among World Health Organization priority bacterial pathogens: ATLAS surveillance program 2018–2022

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Authors: Mark G. Wise | James A. Karlowsky | Naglaa Mohamed | Elizabeth D. Hermsen | Shweta Kamat | Andy Townsend | Adrian Brink | Alex Soriano | David L. Paterson | Luke S.P. Moore | Daniel F. Sahm

Making waves: The NORMAN antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes database (NORMAN ARB&ARG)–An invitation for collaboration to tackle antibiotic resistance

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Nikiforos Alygizakis | Kelsey Ng | Ľuboš Čirka | Thomas Berendonk | Francisco Cerqueira | Eddie Cytryn | Geneviève Deviller | Gianuario Fortunato | Iakovos C. Iakovides | Ioannis Kampouris | Irene Michael-Kordatou | Foon Yin Lai | Lian Lundy | Celia M. Manaia | Roberto B.M. Marano | Gabriela K. Paulus | Benjamin Piña | Elena Radu | Luigi Rizzo | Katarzyna Ślipko | Norbert Kreuzinger | Nikolaos S. Thomaidis | Valentina Ugolini | Ivone Vaz-Moreira | Jaroslav Slobodnik | Despo Fatta-Kassinos

Biofilm-producing and specific antibiotic resistance genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital, Bangladesh

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in IJID Regions

Authors: Rubaiya Binte Kabir | Tasnim Ahsan | Md. Faizur Rahman | Mohammad Jobayer | SM Shamsuzzaman

Biodiversity and antibiotic resistance profile provide new evidence for a different origin of enterococci in bovine raw milk and feces.

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Food Microbiology

Authors: Stefano Morandi | Tiziana Silvetti | Vincenzo Lopreiato | Fiorenzo Piccioli-Cappelli | Erminio Trevisi | Milena Brasca

Meta-analysis addressing the potential of antibiotic resistance gene elimination through aerobic composting

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Waste Management

Research funded by Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation (HBCT 2023180202) | Chinese Academy of Sciences (2021095,XDA28030302)

Authors: Hongge Wang | Xuan Wang | Lu Zhang | Xinyuan Zhang | Yubo Cao | Ran Xiao | Zhaohai Bai | Lin Ma

Molecular insights into linkages among free-floating macrophyte-derived organic matter, the fate of antibiotic residues, and antibiotic resistance genes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Authors: Ruihao Xiao | Danlian Huang | Li Du | Xiang Tang | Biao Song | Lingshi Yin | Yashi Chen | Wei Zhou | Lan Gao | Ruijin Li | Hai Huang | Guangming Zeng