ReviewHeliyon2022
Biochar can mitigate co-selection and control antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in compost and soil.
Review in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reduction in ARGs and Mobile Genetic Elements Using 2-Bromoethane Sulfonate in an MFC-Powered Fenton System.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Role of the Environment (Water, Air, Soil) in the Emergence and Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Perspective.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mangrove consortium resistant to the emerging contaminant DEHP: Composition, diversity, and ecological function of bacteria.PloS one · 2025Article
- The role of microbial partners in heavy metal metabolism in plants: a review.Plant cell reports · 2024Review
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- A Critical Review of AMR Risks Arising as a Consequence of Using Biocides and Certain Metals in Food Animal Production.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Heavy metals (HMs) contamination raises the expression of antibiotic resistance (AR) in bacteria through co-selection. Biochar application in composting improves the effectiveness of composting and the quality of compost. This improvement includes the elimination and reduction of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs). The use of biochar in contaminated soils reduces the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of the contaminants hence reducing the biological and environmental toxicity. This decrease in contaminant bioavailability reduces contaminants induced co-selection pressure. Conditions which favour reduction in HMs bioavailable fraction (BF) appear to favour reduction in ARGs in compost and soil. Biochar can prevent horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and can eliminate ARGs carried by mobile genetic elements (MGEs). This effect reduces maintenance and propagation of ARGs.
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