Interactions of microplastics, antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes within WWTPs

Wastewater treatment alters microbial colonization of microplastics

(2021) John J. Kelly et al.   PLoS One

Are microplastic particles a hotspot for the spread and the persistence of antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems?

(2021) María Belén Sathicq et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and removal of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water purification facilities: A review

(2021) Yan Laam Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Antibiotics in wastewater: From its occurrence to the biological removal by environmentally conscious technologies

(2021) Rayane Kunert Langbehn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals

(2021) Amir Hossein Hamidian et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Combined toxicity of micro/nano scale polystyrene plastics and ciprofloxacin to Corbicula fluminea in freshwater sediments

(2021) Xiaoyu Guo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastisphere enrich antibiotic resistance genes and potential pathogenic bacteria in sewage with pharmaceuticals

(2021) Zhiqi Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Treatment processes for microplastics and nanoplastics in waters: State-of-the-art review

(2021) M.R. Karimi Estahbanati et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Monitoring antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment: Current strategies and future challenges

(2021) Anh Q. Nguyen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Insights into the fate and removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes using biological wastewater treatment technology

(2021) Ting-ting Zhu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Investigation of operational parameters for retaining properties of micro-plastics for typical aerobic wastewater treatment unit

(2021) Feilin Hao et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Micro- and nanoplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Occurrence, removal, fate, impacts and remediation technologies – A critical review

(2021) Imran Ali et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Sinking characteristics of microplastics in the marine environment

(2021) Katerina Karkanorachaki et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An Overlooked Entry Pathway of Microplastics into Agricultural Soils from Application of Sludge-based Fertilizers

(2020) Lishan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biofilms: Hot spots of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in aquatic environments, with a focus on a new HGT mechanism

(2020) Kimihiro Abe et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands as tertiary treatment: Can they be an efficient barrier for microplastics pollution?

(2020) Qintong Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interfacial interaction between diverse microplastics and tetracycline by adsorption in an aqueous solution

(2020) Fei Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

(2020) Yulan Zhang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

(2020) Jing-Jie Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Increased inheritance of structure and function of bacterial communities and pathogen propagation in plastisphere along a river with increasing antibiotics pollution gradient

(2020) Nana Xue et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Behavior of nitrogen, phosphorus and antibiotic resistance genes under polyvinyl chloride microplastics pressures in an aerobic granular sludge system

(2020) Hui-Hui Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Conventional and Emerging Technologies for Removal of Antibiotics from Wastewater

(2020) Lee Phoon Bao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Co-occurrence of microplastics and triclosan inhibited nitrification function and enriched antibiotic resistance genes in nitrifying sludge

(2020) Zhiqi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Presence of antibiotic resistance genes and its association with antibiotic occurrence in Dilúvio River in southern Brazil

(2020) Juliana Bazzan Arsand et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

High temperature depended on the ageing mechanism of microplastics under different environmental conditions and its effect on the distribution of organic pollutants

(2020) Ling Ding et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Accumulation mechanism of tetracycline hydrochloride from aqueous solutions by nylon microplastics

(2020) Lujian Lin et al.   Environmental Technology & Innovation

A review of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment: Increasing removal with wetlands and reducing environmental impacts

(2020) Joan García et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Adsorption of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on polystyrene microplastics in aquatic environments: Kinetic, isotherm and site energy distribution analysis

(2020) Abliz Abdurahman et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Sorption of fluoroquinolones to nanoplastics as affected by surface functionalization and solution chemistry

(2020) Huan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Downward transport of naturally-aged light microplastics in natural loamy sand and the implication to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes

(2020) Xinyu Yan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Between source and sea: The role of wastewater treatment in reducing marine microplastics

(2020) Shirra Freeman et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Responses of bacterial communities and resistance genes on microplastics to antibiotics and heavy metals in sewage environment

(2020) Yifan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bioremediation as a promising strategy for microplastics removal in wastewater treatment plants

(2020) Paula Masiá et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assessing the sorption of pharmaceuticals to microplastics through in-situ experiments in New York City waterways

(2020) Debra L. Magadini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The Travelling Particles: Investigating microplastics as possible transport vectors for multidrug resistant E. coli in the Weser estuary (Germany)

(2020) Jessica Song et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A review of the influences of microplastics on toxicity and transgenerational effects of pharmaceutical and personal care products in aquatic environment

(2020) Ranran Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fecal coliform and E. coli in microplastic biofilms grown in wastewater and inactivation by peracetic acid

(2020) William Boni et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

Major Role of Surrounding Environment in Shaping Biofilm Community Composition on Marine Plastic Debris

(2020) Marco Basili et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils

(2020) Manish Kumar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Temporal Dynamics of Antibiotic Resistome in the Plastisphere during Microbial Colonization

(2020) Kai Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interactions between microplastics and organic compounds in aquatic environments: A mini review

(2020) Weiping Mei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interfacial interaction between micro/nanoplastics and typical PPCPs and nanoplastics removal via electrosorption from an aqueous solution

(2020) Yuecheng Xiong et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Evidence of selective enrichment of bacterial assemblages and antibiotic resistant genes by microplastics in urban rivers

(2020) Jie Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Intracellular versus extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in the environment: Prevalence, horizontal transfer, and mitigation strategies

(2020) Ali Zarei-Baygi et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Effects of exposure of polyethylene microplastics to air, water and soil on their adsorption behaviors for copper and tetracycline

(2020) Yuan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Sorption of pharmaceuticals on the surface of microplastics

(2020) Alan Puckowski et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Adsorption behavior of the antibiotic levofloxacin on microplastics in the presence of different heavy metals in an aqueous solution

(2020) Fei Yu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Mobile genetic elements are the Major driver of High antibiotic resistance genes abundance in the Upper reaches of huaihe River Basin

(2020) Kai Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Investigation on the adsorption and desorption behaviors of antibiotics by degradable MPs with or without UV ageing process

(2020) Xiulei Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Metagenomic and network analyses decipher profiles and co-occurrence patterns of antibiotic resistome and bacterial taxa in the reclaimed wastewater distribution system

(2020) Guijuan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics physicochemical properties, specific adsorption modeling and their interaction with pharmaceuticals and other emerging contaminants

(2020) Yasmin Vieira et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Adsorption of ciprofloxacin to functionalized nano-sized polystyrene plastic: Kinetics, thermochemistry and toxicity

(2020) Mihebai Yilimulati et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics act as vectors for antibiotic resistance genes in landfill leachate: The enhanced roles of the long-term aging process

(2020) Yinglong Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sorption of chemical contaminants on degradable and non-degradable microplastics: Recent progress and research trends

(2020) Fernando G. Torres et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fate and effects of microplastics in wastewater treatment processes

(2020) Mengjie Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Reponses of microbial community and antibiotic resistance genes to the selection pressures of ampicillin, cephalexin and chloramphenicol in activated sludge reactors

(2020) Renxin Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Enhancement in adsorption potential of microplastics in sewage sludge for metal pollutants after the wastewater treatment process

(2019) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Sinking of floating plastic debris caused by biofilm development in a freshwater lake

(2019) Xianchuan Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Developing Predictive Models for Carrying Ability of Micro-Plastics towards Organic Pollutants

(2019) Xiaoxuan Wei et al.   MOLECULES

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic abundance, characteristics, and removal in wastewater treatment plants in a coastal city of China

(2019) Zouxia Long et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Metagenomic insights into the abundance and composition of resistance genes in aquatic environments: Influence of stratification and geography

(2019) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Comparative analysis on the sorption kinetics and isotherms of fipronil on nondegradable and biodegradable microplastics

(2019) Wenwen Gong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A spectroscopic and theoretical investigation of interaction mechanisms of tetracycline and polystyrene nanospheres under different conditions

(2019) Tian Wan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Fate, dynamic distribution, removal efficiencies, and control strategies

(2019) Xuemin Lv et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

The composition of bacterial communities associated with plastic biofilms differs between different polymers and stages of biofilm succession

(2019) Maria Pinto et al.   PLoS One

Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants and metals on micro/nanoplastics in the aquatic environment

(2019) Fei Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effluents of wastewater treatment plants promote the rapid stabilization of the antibiotic resistome in receiving freshwater bodies

(2019) Gianluca Corno et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Sorption of sulfamethoxazole onto six types of microplastics

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Partitioning of chemical contaminants to microplastics: Sorption mechanisms, environmental distribution and effects on toxicity and bioaccumulation

(2019) Paula S. Tourinho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sorption of sulfamethazine onto different types of microplastics: A combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as vectors of contaminants

(2019) Gabriella Caruso   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Effects of microplastics on distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in recirculating aquaculture system

(2019) Jian Lu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria: Mechanisms, Evolution, and Persistence

(2019) Eirini Christaki et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Sorption properties of hydrophobic organic chemicals to micro-sized polystyrene particles

(2019) Wei Lin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Selectively enrichment of antibiotics and ARGs by microplastics in river, estuary and marine waters

(2019) Shanshan Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial ecology of a wastewater network defines the antibiotic resistance genes in downstream receiving waters

(2019) Marcos Quintela-Baluja et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Average daily flow of microplastics through a tertiary wastewater treatment plant over a ten-month period

(2019) Reina M. Blair et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Biofilm alters tetracycline and copper adsorption behaviors onto polyethylene microplastics

(2019) Yuan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Microplastics in an urban wastewater treatment plant: The influence of physicochemical parameters and environmental factors

(2019) Javier Bayo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A critical review on the occurrence of resistomes in the environment and their removal from wastewater using apposite treatment technologies: Limitations, successes and future improvement

(2019) Eric Tobechukwu Anthony et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pathway, classification and removal efficiency of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants

(2019) Phuong Linh Ngo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The potential of microplastics as carriers of metals

(2019) V. Godoy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Wastewater treatment plant as microplastics release source – Quantification and identification techniques

(2019) C. Bretas Alvim et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Sorption of antibiotics onto aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Fate and abundance of antibiotic resistance genes on microplastics in facility vegetable soil

(2019) Xiao-Ming Lu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Metagenomic analysis of β-lactamase and carbapenemase genes in the wastewater resistome

(2019) Nicoletta Makowska et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Adsorption behavior and mechanism of five pesticides on microplastics from agricultural polyethylene films

(2019) Ting Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental dispersion with effluent and sludge

(2019) Carlos Edo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sorption properties of tylosin on four different microplastics

(2018) Xuetao Guo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics

(2018) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics increase impact of treated wastewater on freshwater microbial community

(2018) Ester M. Eckert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics play a minor role in tetracycline sorption in the presence of dissolved organic matter

(2018) Baile Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The effects of environmental conditions on the enrichment of antibiotics on microplastics in simulated natural water column

(2018) Xian-Cheng Shen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

(2018) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The sorption kinetics and isotherms of sulfamethoxazole with polyethylene microplastics

(2018) Baile Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

(2018) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Environmental Factors Support the Formation of Specific Bacterial Assemblages on Microplastics

(2018) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Colonization of Non-biodegradable and Biodegradable Plastics by Marine Microorganisms

(2018) Claire Dussud et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mobile Genetic Elements Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance

(2018) Sally R. Partridge et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Enhanced adsorption of oxytetracycline to weathered microplastic polystyrene: Kinetics, isotherms and influencing factors

(2018) Haibo Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Wastewater treatment plant resistomes are shaped by bacterial composition, genetic exchange, and upregulated expression in the effluent microbiomes

(2018) Feng Ju et al.   ISME Journal

Microbial community evolution and fate of antibiotic resistance genes along six different full-scale municipal wastewater treatment processes

(2018) Juan Tong et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

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

(2018) Md. Imran et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Sorption and desorption of phenanthrene on biodegradable poly(butylene adipate co-terephtalate) microplastics

(2018) Lin-Zi Zuo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Sorption and desorption of selected pharmaceuticals by polyethylene microplastics

(2018) Roger Mamitiana Razanajatovo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Significance of interactions between microplastics and POPs in the marine environment: A critical overview

(2018) Joana Patrício Rodrigues et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Adsorption mechanisms of five bisphenol analogues on PVC microplastics

(2018) Pengfei Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The fate of microplastics in an Italian Wastewater Treatment Plant

(2018) Stefano Magni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sorption behavior and mechanism of hydrophilic organic chemicals to virgin and aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater

(2018) Guangzhou Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastics in the marine environment are reservoirs for antibiotic and metal resistance genes

(2018) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Multivariate correlation analysis of outdoor weathering behavior of polypropylene under diverse climate scenarios

(2017) Yadong Lv et al.   POLYMER TESTING

Quantitative and qualitative changes in antibiotic resistance genes after passing through treatment processes in municipal wastewater treatment plants

(2017) Jangwoo Lee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sorption of non-polar organic compounds by micro-sized plastic particles in aqueous solution

(2016) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Sewage Sludge: Effects of Treatment

(2016) A. M. Mahon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment

(2016) Dennis Brennecke et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

(2016) Anisha Keswani et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Elucidating selection processes for antibiotic resistance in sewage treatment plants using metagenomics

(2016) Johan Bengtsson-Palme et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bacterial community dynamics during the early stages of biofilm formation in a chlorinated experimental drinking water distribution system: implications for drinking water discolouration

(2014) I. Douterelo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions

(2013) Adil Bakir et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: A review

(2013) L. Rizzo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sorption of antibiotics to biofilm

(2010) David B. Wunder et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES