Disinfectants are used to reduce the concentration of pathogenic microorganisms to a safe
level and help to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases. However, bacteria have a …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with the ability to thwart clinical therapies and escalate
mortality rates is emerging as one of the most pressing global health and environmental …

Public unrest about the use of antimicrobial agents in farming practice is the leading cause
of increasing and the emergences of Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria that have placed …

Peracetic acid (PAA) disinfection is an emerging wastewater disinfection process. Its
advantages include excellent pathogen inactivation performance and little generation of …

The occurrence of a viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state in antibiotic-resistant E. coli (AR
E. coli) and inefficient degradation of their antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) may cause …

Peracetic acid (PAA) is an emerging disinfectant for municipal wastewater treatment owing
to good biocidal effects and limited harmful by-product formation. This study investigated the …

Peracetic acid (PAA) is a promising alternative to chlorine for disinfection; however, bacterial
regrowth after PAA disinfection is poorly understood. This study compared the regrowth of …

The presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater was investigated and the
role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in promoting or limiting antibiotic resistance …

Wastewater treatment plants are among the main hotspots for the release of antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs) into the environment. ARGs in treated wastewater can be found in …

Antibiotic poly-resistance (multidrug-, extreme-, and pan-drug resistance) is controlled by
adaptive evolution. Darwinian and Lamarckian interpretations of resistance evolution are …