The rising tide of antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture: sources, sinks and solutions

JEM Watts, HJ Schreier, L Lanska, MS Hale - Marine drugs, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
As the human population increases there is an increasing reliance on aquaculture to supply
a safe, reliable, and economic supply of food. Although food production is essential for a …

The incidence of antibiotic resistance within and beyond the agricultural ecosystem: A concern for public health

CD Iwu, L Korsten, AI Okoh - Microbiologyopen, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The agricultural ecosystem creates a platform for the development and dissemination of
antimicrobial resistance, which is promoted by the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the …

Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river

S Rodriguez-Mozaz, S Chamorro, E Marti, B Huerta… - Water research, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become a major health concern; thus, there is a growing interest in
exploring the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment as well as …

Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in an agriculturally disturbed lake in China: their links with microbial communities, antibiotics, and water quality

Z Wang, M Han, E Li, X Liu, H Wei, C Yang, S Lu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this study, six antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), one mobile genetic element (int1), and
their relation with microbial communities, antibiotics, and water quality were investigated in …

Occurrence and fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in typical urban water of Bei**g, China

X Liu, G Zhang, Y Liu, S Lu, P Qin, X Guo, B Bi… - Environmental …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The pollution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has been highlighted on
a global scale because of their serious threats to the environment and human health. Typical …

Bacterial heavy-metal and antibiotic resistance genes in a copper tailing dam area in northern China

J Chen, J Li, H Zhang, W Shi, Y Liu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in bacteria
can respond to the inducement of heavy metals. However, the co-occurrence of MRGs and …

Bacterial community shift drives antibiotic resistance promotion during drinking water chlorination

S Jia, P Shi, Q Hu, B Li, T Zhang… - Environmental science & …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
For comprehensive insights into the effects of chlorination, a widely used disinfection
technology, on bacterial community and antibiotic resistome in drinking water, this study …