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Wastewater-Based Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacterial Communities in Urban and Rural Areas in the Province of Trento (Italy).

Maya Petricciuolo, Agnese Carnevali, Alessia Torboli, Mattia Postinghel, Alessia Guasticchi, Paola Foladori, Maria Cadonna, Ermanno Federici

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Article in MicrobiologyOpen, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Maya PetricciuoloLaboratory of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Agnese CarnevaliLaboratory of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Alessia TorboliCenter Agriculture Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Mattia PostinghelADEP, Agenzia per la Depurazione (Wastewater Treatment Agency), Trento, Italy.
Alessia GuasticchiLaboratory of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Paola FoladoriDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Maria CadonnaADEP, Agenzia per la Depurazione (Wastewater Treatment Agency), Trento, Italy.
Ermanno FedericiLaboratory of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

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CINECAMinistero dell'Università e della Ricerca
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can supplement clinical surveillance for assessing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across the population. We have analyzed sewage samples from seven wastewater treatment plants in the Province of Trento (Italy) using both culture-based and metagenomic DNA methods to investigate the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARBs) and resistance genes in urban and rural areas. ESBL-Escherichia coli prevalence was higher in urban areas than in rural ones. As determined by qPCR and dPCR, intI1 and genes associated with widespread resistances, namely, to tetracyclines (tetA), sulfonamides (sul1), and fluoroquinolones (qnrS), were abundant regardless of the area of origin. Among the genes coding for clinically relevant resistances, only that related to macrolides resistance (ermB) was abundant, while the others, namely, those to third-generation cephalosporins (bla

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDrug Resistance, BacterialWastewaterItalyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRural PopulationSewageAnti-Bacterial AgentsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSewageWastewaterantibiotic‐resistance geneantimicrobial resistancebacterial communityESBL‐E. coliurban and rural areaswastewater‐based epidemiology

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PMID42223254
PMCPMC13240553

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