Abstract. Chemical stressors in environmental and clinical settings can alter conjugative plasmid transfer, which is a key process driving antibiotic resis

Microbial CO2 fixation in alpine grassland soils is highly sensitive to warming and drought. Nitrogen inputs from grazing may stimulate autotrophic nitrifiers, including ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA...

Plasmid-mediated dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The nucleoside analogue zidovudine (azidothymidine, AZT) has emerged as a prom...

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a major pathway for untreated wastewater into urban streams, yet their role in shaping antimicrobial resistance (AMR) dynamics remains poorly understood. Here, we u...

npj Clean Water - Reusable immobilised quaternary ammonium particles reduce microbial and resistome burdens without promoting resistance selection during wastewater post-treatment

Microbial Ecology - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical threat to global health, with aquatic ecosystems playing a key role in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), especially...

Abstract. Conjugal plasmid transfer is an efficient mechanism for gene exchange among bacteria. Most bacteria exist in biofilms encased in extracellular po

Abstract. Conjugal plasmid transfer is an efficient mechanism for gene exchange among bacteria. Most bacteria exist in biofilms encased in extracellular po

Antibiotics and heavy metals are widely used in livestock farming to promote animal health and growth, leading to their frequent co-occurrence as contaminants in livestock wastewater. However, their r...

Anthropogenic nitrogen pollution poses a systemic threat to microbial interaction networks and biogeochemical cycling in groundwater ecosystems, yet t…

Abstract. Antibiotic resistance poses a global public health threat, which can originate from the transfer of environmental antibiotic resistance genes to

Livestock wastewater is a crucial source of antibiotic resistance. However, the impact of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), stemming from disinfectants …

Livestock wastewater is a crucial source of antibiotic resistance. However, the impact of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), stemming from disinfectants …

Antimicrobial resistance genes that have been mobilized between bacterial species represent a subset of the naturally occurring resistome. Here, the authors compare the abundance, diversity and geogra...

This study investigates the distribution of shear stress in a lab-scale membrane bioreactor consisting of a 56 mm-diameter cylindrical test cell, a 0.…

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Florfenicol treatment substantially increased the abundance and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the common carp gut microbiome. The resistome and mobilome profiles failed to return t...