ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2021
A Review on Occurrence and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Wastewaters and in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Mechanisms and Perspectives.
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Antibiotic resistance in hospital wastewater in West Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Metagenomic Characterisation of Antibiotic Resistance in Anaerobic Digesters and Their Implications for Environmental Health.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
- Role of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes in the dissemination of β-lactam resistance within aquatic environments: mechanisms, persistence, and one health implications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Source-Resolved Wastewater Metagenomics Reveals Distinct Resistome and Virulome Landscapes Across an Urban Wastewater Continuum.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The mobile resistome in the water-soil-air nexus: horizontal gene transfer and environmental dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Review
- Comparison of Environmental Microbiomes, Resistomes and Plasmidomes from a Human Tertiary Hospital and Companion Animal Veterinary Hospital in London, UK.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Detection and removal methods of antibiotic-resistance genes in drinking water sources: a review.Journal of water and health · 2026Review
- Synergistic Action of Antimicrobial Peptides and Antibiotics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Mobile Genetic Elements as Central Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms, Evolutionary Ecology, One Health Implications and Control Strategies.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Assessing the Ecological Roles of Resistomes within Microbial Communities in Antibiotic-contaminated Ecosystems.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
- CharacterizingAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From Host-Derived Pressures to the Environmental Anti-Antimicrobial Peptides Resistome: Mechanisms, Reservoirs and Implications for Therapeutic Peptide Design.Marine drugs · 2026Review
- Bioaugmentation as microbiome engineering: a framework for evaluating functional performance, persistence, and safety.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Urban wastewater and sewage sludge as environmental sources of antimicrobial resistance, potential pathogens, and selective agents: insights from three European wastewater treatment plants.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Pathway-driven assessment of wastewater contamination in drinking water systems: integrating AI with public health risk.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Biofilm-driven multi-stage anaerobic-aerobic process for high-strength petrochemical wastewater treatment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Culture-Based Wastewater Surveillance for the Detection and Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcal Species.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Microplastic biofilm as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and potential pathogens.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Review
- 'Mind the gaps': stakeholder perspectives on addressing antimicrobial resistance in the environment in the Indian context.Global health action · 2025Article
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Abstract
This paper reviews current knowledge on sources, spread and removal mechanisms of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in microbial communities of wastewaters, treatment plants and downstream recipients. Antibiotic is the most important tool to cure bacterial infections in humans and animals. The over- and misuse of antibiotics have played a major role in the development, spread, and prevalence of antibiotic resistance (AR) in the microbiomes of humans and animals, and microbial ecosystems worldwide. AR can be transferred and spread amongst bacteria
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