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ReviewEnvironmental science and ecotechnology2023

Extracellular polymeric substances-antibiotics interaction in activated sludge: A review.

Weixin Zhao, Jia You, Shilei Yin, Haizhou Yang, Shufei He, Likui Feng, Jianju Li, Qingliang Zhao, Liangliang Wei

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Review in Environmental science and ecotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weixin ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Jia YouState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Shilei YinState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Haizhou YangState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Shufei HeState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Likui FengState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Jianju LiState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Qingliang ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Liangliang WeiState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
Harbin Institute of Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotics, the most frequently prescribed drugs, have been widely applied to prevent or cure human and veterinary diseases and have undoubtedly led to massive releases into sewer networks and wastewater treatment systems, a hotspot where the occurrence and transformation of antibiotic resistance take place. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), biopolymers secreted via microbial activity, play an important role in cell adhesion, nutrient retention, and toxicity resistance. However, the potential roles of sludge EPS related to the resistance and removal of antibiotics are still unclear. This work summarizes the composition and physicochemical characteristics of state-of-the-art microbial EPS, highlights the critical role of EPS in antibiotics removal, evaluates their defense performances under different antibiotics exposures, and analyzes the typical factors that could affect the sorption and biotransformation behavior of antibiotics. Next, interactions between microbial EPS and antibiotic resistance genes are analyzed. Future perspectives, especially the engineering application of microbial EPS for antibiotics toxicity detection and defense, are also emphatically stressed.

Indexed as

Antibiotic resistance genesAntibioticsBiotransformationExtracellular polymeric substancesResistanceSorption

Identifiers

PMID36425126
PMCPMC9678949
OpenAlexW4308743329

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