Antibiotic-mediated perturbation of the gut microbiome is associated with numerous
infectious and autoimmune diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Yet, as the gut microbiome …

Misuse/over use of antibiotics increases the threats to human health since this is a main
reason behind evolution of antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens. However, metals such as …

Green stormwater infrastructure is a growing management approach to capturing, infiltrating,
and treating runoff at the source. However, there are several emerging contaminants for …

In the absence of antibiotic-mediated selection, sensitive bacteria are expected to displace
their resistant counterparts if resistance genes are costly. However, many resistance genes …

Antibiotic resistance has created obstacles in the treatment of infectious diseases with
antibiotics. The horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) can exacerbate the …

Predictive biology is the next great chapter in synthetic and systems biology, particularly for
microorganisms. Tasks that once seemed infeasible are increasingly being realized such as …

The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has become an emerging threat to the
global health. Although horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is regarded as one of the major …

The intensive use of antibiotics in the veterinary sector, linked to the application of manure-
derived amendments in agriculture, translates into increased environmental levels of …

Background Conjugation plays a major role in the transmission of plasmids encoding
antibiotic resistance genes in both clinical and general settings. The conjugation efficiency is …

Although clinical settings play a major role in the current global dissemination of antibiotic
resistance, once antibiotic resistance bacteria and genes are released into the environment …