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Molecular Adaptations and Antibiotic Resistance in Vibrio cholerae: A Communal Challenge

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Microbial Ecotoxicology of Marine Plastic Debris: A Review on Colonization and Biodegradation by the “Plastisphere”

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The evolution and transmission of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: the complexity of clones and plasmids

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Spatial structure in the “Plastisphere”: Molecular resources for imaging microscopic communities on plastic marine debris

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Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms

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Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

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Genetic Diversity, Multidrug Resistance, and Virulence of Citrobacter freundii From Diarrheal Patients and Healthy Individuals

(2018) Liyun Liu et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

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The Epidemiology of Cholera in Zanzibar: Implications for the Zanzibar Comprehensive Cholera Elimination Plan

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Co-selection of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens in metal and microplastic contaminated environments: An emerging health threat

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Citrobacter freundii bacteremia: Risk factors of mortality and prevalence of resistance genes

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High prevalence of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from outpatient urine samples but not the hospital environment in Bo, Sierra Leone

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Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Microbial hitchhikers on marine plastic debris: Human exposure risks at bathing waters and beach environments

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Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris

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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Microbes Causing Bloodstream Infections in Unguja, Zanzibar

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Estimation of lost tourism revenue in Geoje Island from the 2011 marine debris pollution event in South Korea

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Cholera Outbreaks in Nigeria Are Associated with Multidrug Resistant Atypical El Tor and Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae

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Comparative analysis of solid waste management in 20 cities

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