ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Extracellular DNA (eDNA): Neglected and Potential Sources of Antibiotic Resistant Genes (ARGs) in the Aquatic Environments.
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- The potential impact of iron supply on the development of starvedFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Bacterial diversity and resistome analysis of drinking water stored in cisterns from two First Nations communities in Manitoba, Canada.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Identification of Mammaliicoccus fleurettii as the source of a methicillin-resistant gene in a First Nation reserve lake in Manitoba, Canada.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- High-Throughput Shotgun Metagenomics of Microbial Footprints Uncovers a Cocktail of Noxious Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya.Journal of tropical medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of environment on transmission of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in humans and strategies to lower dissemination of antibiotic resistance.Folia microbiologica · 2023Review
- A Novel Zinc (II) Porphyrin Is Synergistic with PEV2 Bacteriophage againstAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The universality of eAREs in animal feces suggesting that eAREs function possibly in horizontal gene transfer.Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2023Article
- Antibiotic resistance in the environment.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2022Review
- eDNA Inactivation and Biofilm Inhibition by the PolymericBiocide Polyhexamethylene Guanidine Hydrochloride (PHMG-Cl).International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Cascade Filtration With PCR Detection and Field-Flow-Fractionation Online With ICP-MS for the Characterization of DNA Interaction With Suspended Particulate Matter.Frontiers in chemistry · 2022Article
- Occurrence of Indicator Genes of Antimicrobial Resistance Contamination in the English Channel and North Sea Sectors and Interactions With Environmental Variables.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Removal efficacy of opportunistic pathogen gene markers in drinking water supply systems: an in situ and large-scale molecular investigation.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
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Abstract
Over the past decades, the rising antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) are continuing to emerge as a global threat due to potential public health risk. Rapidly evolving antibiotic resistance and its persistence in the environment, have underpinned the need for more studies to identify the possible sources and limit the spread. In this context, not commonly studied and a neglected genetic material called extracellular DNA (eDNA) is gaining increased attention as it can be one of the significant drivers for transmission of extracellular ARGS (eARGs) via horizontal gene transfer (HGT) to competent environmental bacteria and diverse sources of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment. Consequently, this review highlights the studies that address the environmental occurrence of eDNA and encoding eARGs and its impact on the environmental resistome. In this review, we also brief the recent dedicated technological advancements that are accelerating extraction of eDNA and the efficiency of treatment technologies in reducing eDNA that focuses on environmental antibiotic resistance and potential ecological health risk.
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