Community assembly of microbial habitat generalists and specialists in urban aquatic ecosystems explained more by habitat type than pollution gradient

MA Al, Y Xue, P ** lake
H Zhang, B Xue, G Wang, X Zhang, Q Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Attempts have been made to incorporate remote sensing techniques and in situ
observations for enhanced water quality assessments. Estimations of nonoptical indicators …

Sources and migration similarly determine nitrate concentrations: Integrating isotopic, landscape, and biological approaches

W Shu, P Wang, J Zhao, M Ding, H Zhang, M Nie… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid land use change has significantly increased nitrate (NO 3−) loading to rivers, leading
to eutrophication, and posing water security problems. Determining the sources of NO 3− to …

Environmental heterogeneity associated with boat activity shapes bacteria and microeukaryotic communities with discrepant response patterns

MF **g, W Yang, X Ding, L Rao, Q Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of global tourism, tourist boats, a significant form of anthropogenic
disturbance, are having an increasingly serious impact on the structure and function of …

PacBio next-generation sequencing uncovers Apicomplexa diversity in different habitats

M Gad, ME Fawzy, AZ Al-Herrawy, SM Abdo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The phylum Apicomplexa comprises a large group of intracellular protozoan parasites.
These microorganisms are known to infect a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts …

Mass-immigration shapes the antibiotic resistome of wastewater treatment plants

L Zhang, B Adyari, L Hou, X Yang, M Gad… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are the hotspots for the spread of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) into the environment. Nevertheless, a comprehensive assessment of the city …

Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes from the Pearl River Estuary to adjacent coastal areas

F Li, Z Mai, C Qiu, L Long, A Hu, S Huang - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is a growing concern over the world's
various environments. Coastal environments may receive pollutants from land runoffs via …

Development, validation, and application of a microbial community-based index of biotic integrity for assessing the ecological status of a peri-urban watershed in …

M Gad, M Cao, D Qin, Q Sun, CP Yu, A Hu - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study represents the pioneering effort in employing 16S rRNA-bacteria and 18S rRNA-
microeukaryotes to construct the microbial community-based index of biotic integrity (MC-IBI) …