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

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

Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes from aboveground sources to groundwater in livestock farms

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Liusheng Lei | Nan Chen | Zeyou Chen | Yirong Zhao | Huai Lin | Xi Li | Wenjin Hu | Hanhui Zhang | Jingliang Shi | Yi Luo

Spread of antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water reservoirs: Insights from a deep metagenomic study using a curated database

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Sai Wang | Wenhan Nie | Qing Gu | Xie Wang | Danping Yang | Hongyu Li | Peihong Wang | Weixue Liao | Jin Huang | Quan Yuan | Shengli Zhou | Iftikhar Ahmad | Kiga Kotaro | Gongyou Chen | Bo Zhu

EDTA enables to alleviate impacts of metal ions on conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Hu Li | Qi Wang | Yanjie Wang | Yue Liu | Jian Zhou | Tiecheng Wang | Lingyan Zhu | Jianhua Guo

Antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance genes in the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic: A wastewater-based epidemiology perspective

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Like Xu | Nicola Ceolotto | Kishore Jagadeesan | Richard Standerwick | Megan Robertson | Ruth Barden | Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern

Climate warming promotes collateral antibiotic resistance development in cyanobacteria

JOURNAL ARTICLE published June 2024 in Water Research

Research funded by Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (BK20200053) | National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFC3200053) | National Natural Science Foundation of China (52121006,52070132,U2040209)

Authors: Zhiyuan Wang | Qiuwen Chen | Jianyun Zhang | Huacheng Xu | Lingzhan Miao | Tao Zhang | Dongsheng Liu | Qiuheng Zhu | Hanlu Yan | Dandan Yan

Enhanced removal of ciprofloxacin and associated antibiotic-resistant genes from wastewater using a biological aeration filters in combination with Fe3O4-modified zeolite

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 17 May 2024 in Water Science & Technology

Research funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (52270002) | Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515010508) | Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou (202102010448) | Hundred Talent Program of Guangzhou University (RQ2020050)

Authors: Minzhi Ye | Yiping Jiang | Laying Qian | Feng Qiu | Zhiquan Liu | Zhu Wang | Chun Hu

Antibiotic resistance profiles of sentinel bacteria isolated from aquaculture in Cambodia

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 8 May 2024 in Journal of Water and Health

Authors: Chanthol Peng | Sopheavattey Moniroth | Panha Khy | Sopheaktra Chea | Channmony Thanh | Oudam Heng | Samira Sarter | Sokleaph Chheng | Domenico Caruso

Comprehensive Profiling of Klebsiella in Surface Waters from Northern Portugal: Understanding Patterns in Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance, and Biofilm Formation

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 2 May 2024 in Water

Authors: Sara Araújo | Vanessa Silva | Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius | José Eduardo Pereira | Ângela Martins | Gilberto Igrejas | Patricia Poeta

Molecular level removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes: A review of interfacial chemical in advanced oxidation processes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Fei Li | Kewang Liu | Yueping Bao | Yanxiao Li | Zhiyong Zhao | Pengfei Wang | Sihui Zhan

To what extent do water reuse treatments reduce antibiotic resistance indicators? A comparison of two full-scale systems

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Ishi Keenum | Jeanette Calarco | Haniyyah Majeed | E. Eldridge Hager-Soto | Charles Bott | Emily Garner | Valerie J. Harwood | Amy Pruden

Development and analysis of diethylaminoethyl silica-based adsorption column for removing antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Journal of Water Process Engineering

Research funded by India Ministry of Science & Technology Department of Biotechnology (RP03349,RP03828)

Authors: Abhilasha Pant | Shaikh Ziauddin Ahammad | S. Wazed Ali

Microplastics in different municipal solid waste treatment and disposal systems: Do they pose environmental risks?

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Water Research

Authors: Lei Zhang | Wentao Zhao | Ruiqi Yan | Xia Yu | Damià Barceló | Qian Sui

Microplastics in anoxic/aerobic membrane bioreactor (A/O-MBR): Characteristics, biofilms, degradation and carrier for antibiotic resistance genes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Journal of Water Process Engineering

Authors: Jichao Wang | Dongbo Wu | Lingwei Meng | Ruike Men | Yugeng Li | Lanhe Zhang | Peng Yang | Xiangkun Li | Kaili Ma

Pivotal role of intracellular oxidation by HOCl in simultaneously removing antibiotic resistance genes and enhancing dewaterability during conditioning of sewage sludge using Fe2+/Ca(ClO)2

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Water Research

Research funded by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20220364,BK20230040) | National Natural Science Foundation of China (21976091,42207292)

Authors: Xinxin Wang | Yu Lu | Yiwen Yan | Ru Wang | Yuhang Wang | Hua Li | Lixiang Zhou | Guanyu Zheng | Yifeng Zhang

Polyethylene microplastics decreased the chlorine disinfection efficacy of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Journal of Water Process Engineering

Authors: Yingyue Huang | Miao Yu | Ziqi Wang | Minghao Sui

The fate of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater containing microalgae treated by chlorination, ultra-violet, and Fenton reaction

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Water Research

Research funded by Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2023YFN0073)

Authors: Ling Luo | Zimu Wang | Xin Huang | Ji-Dong Gu | Chenxiao Yu | Ouping Deng

Impacts of polymethyl methacrylate nanoplastics on nutrient removal, microbial community and antibiotic resistant genes in bioretention systems amended with biochar and pyrolusite

JOURNAL ARTICLE published May 2024 in Journal of Water Process Engineering

Research funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (42377020)

Authors: Yan Xu | Kexin Ma | Xue Wang | Danyi Zhang | Jianing Xu | Yazi Liu

Regulation of quorum sensing for the manipulation of conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment system

JOURNAL ARTICLE published April 2024 in Water Research

Research funded by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2020JQ24) | National Natural Science Foundation of China (22076101,51878389,52370054)

Authors: Xiao Qiu | Bingjie Wang | Shaojie Ren | Xiaoli Liu | Yunkun Wang