Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Waters

• Main Author: Ng, Charmaine (auth)
• Other Authors: Gin, Karina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; risk assessment; reuse water; Acinetobacter junii; Escherichia coli; co-occurrence pattern; EPS; wastewater treatment plant; UV-disinfection; biofilm; estuary reservoir; Environmental Waters; antibiotic resistance genes; antimicrobial peptide (AMP); wastewater; tertiary media filtration; Psl; antibiotic-resistant strains; drinking water treatment plants; water; sediment; surface water; gastrointestinal infections; Acinetobacter baumannii; metal resistance genes; metagenomics; water reuse; bacterial community; antibiotics; ERIC-PCR; river-reservoir system; the Yellow River; ecological risk assessment; aquatic environment; wastewater treatment; sand settling reservoirs; antibiotic resistance gene; environmental ecology; antibiotic resistance; ESBL; water treatment plants; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; chlorination; irrigation water; exopolysaccharide; fecal indicator bacteria; Antimicrobial Resistance; persistence; Qingcaosha reservoir
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Summary

This Special Issue on Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Waters features 11 articles on the monitoring and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in natural aquatic systems (i.e., reservoirs, rivers), and effluent discharge from water treatment plants to assess the effectiveness of AMR removal and resulting loads in treated waters. Some of the key elements of AMR studies presented in this Special Issue highlight the underlying drivers of AMR contamination in the environment and the evaluation of the hazard imposed on aquatic organisms in receiving environments through ecological risk assessments. As described in this Issue, screening antimicrobial peptide (AMP) libraries for biofilm disruption and antimicrobial candidates are promising avenues for the development of new treatment options to eradicate resistance.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (188 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03897-609-7
9783038976097
9783038976080

Access

Open Access