Environmental factors influencing the development and spread of antibiotic resistance

J Bengtsson-Palme, E Kristiansson… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance and its wider implications present us with a growing healthcare crisis.
Recent research points to the environment as an important component for the transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating human and environmental health in antibiotic risk assessment: a critical analysis of protection goals, species sensitivity and antimicrobial …

G Le Page, L Gunnarsson, J Snape, CR Tyler - Environment international, 2017 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are vital in the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases but when released into
the environment they may impact non-target organisms that perform vital ecosystem services …

[HTML][HTML] Concentrations of antibiotics predicted to select for resistant bacteria: Proposed limits for environmental regulation

J Bengtsson-Palme, DGJ Larsson - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
There are concerns that selection pressure from antibiotics in the environment may
accelerate the evolution and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Nevertheless …

Co-occurrence of resistance genes to antibiotics, biocides and metals reveals novel insights into their co-selection potential

C Pal, J Bengtsson-Palme, E Kristiansson… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Antibacterial biocides and metals can co-select for antibiotic resistance when
bacteria harbour resistance or tolerance genes towards both types of compounds. Despite …

Using metagenomics to investigate human and environmental resistomes

J Bengtsson-Palme, DGJ Larsson… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global health concern declared by the WHO as one of the largest
threats to modern healthcare. In recent years, metagenomic DNA sequencing has started to …

Longitudinal survey of microbiome associated with particulate matter in a megacity

N Qin, P Liang, C Wu, G Wang, Q Xu, X **ong, T Wang… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background While the physical and chemical properties of airborne particulate matter (PM)
have been extensively studied, their associated microbiome remains largely unexplored …

Phytoremediation: a green and low-cost technology to remediate herbicides in the environment

GM Barroso, EA Dos Santos, FR Pires, L Galon… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Pesticide dependence is one of the main disadvantages of agriculture. Despite the
advances in biological control and integrated management of plant pests and diseases in …

Metagenomic analysis reveals mechanisms of atrazine biodegradation promoted by tree species

LM Aguiar, M de Freitas Souza, ML de Laia… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metagenomics has provided the discovery of genes and metabolic pathways involved in the
degradation of xenobiotics. Some microorganisms can metabolize these compounds …

The use of minimum selectable concentrations (MSCs) for determining the selection of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

S Khan, TK Beattie, CW Knapp - Ecotoxicology, 2017 - Springer
The use of antimicrobial compounds is indispensable in many industries, especially drinking
water production, to eradicate microorganisms. However, bacterial growth is not unusual in …

The diversity of uncharacterized antibiotic resistance genes can be predicted from known gene variants—but not always

J Bengtsson-Palme - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Antibiotic resistance is considered one of the most urgent threats to modern
healthcare, and the role of the environment in resistance development is increasingly …