Environmental Biofilms as Reservoirs for Antimicrobial Resistance

A framework for identifying the recent origins of mobile antibiotic resistance genes

(2021) Stefan Ebmeyer et al.   Communications Biology

Piglet Gut and in-Barn Manure from Farms on a Raised without Antibiotics Program Display Reduced Antimicrobial Resistance but an Increased Prevalence of Pathogens

(2021) Samuel M. Chekabab et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

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

Microbial and Viral Communities and Their Antibiotic Resistance Genes Throughout a Hospital Wastewater Treatment System

(2020) Morgan L. Petrovich et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotic resistome in the livestock and aquaculture industries: Status and solutions

(2020) Yi Zhao et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Future perspectives of wastewater-based epidemiology: Monitoring infectious disease spread and resistance to the community level

(2020) Natalie Sims et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The role of the natural aquatic environment in the dissemination of extended spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenemase encoding genes: A scoping review

(2020) Brigid Hooban et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Mobilization of Antibiotic Resistance: Are Current Approaches for Colocalizing Resistomes and Mobilomes Useful?

(2020) Ilya B. Slizovskiy et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Temporal Dynamics of Antibiotic Resistome in the Plastisphere during Microbial Colonization

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

Biofilm formation and its influences on the properties of microplastics as affected by exposure time and depth in the seawater

(2020) Chen Tu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A survey of sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics in the environment

(2020) Louise K.M. Chow et al.   Journal of Environmental Sciences-China

Global Trends in Antimicrobial Use in Food Animals from 2017 to 2030

(2020) Katie Tiseo et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

Changes in biofilm composition and microbial water quality in drinking water distribution systems by temperature increase induced through thermal energy recovery

(2020) Jawairia Imtiaz Ahmad et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The Mandate for a Global “One Health” Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance

(2019) Siddhartha Thakur et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Understanding antimicrobial discovery and resistance from a metagenomic and metatranscriptomic perspective: Advances and applications

(2019) Jonathan Asante et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

(2019) Katariina M. M. Pärnänen et al.   Science Advances

Bacteriophages as Environmental Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance

(2019) William Calero-Cáceres et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of critical antibiotic resistance genes through routine microbiome surveillance

(2019) Zachary M. Burcham et al.   PLoS One

Antibiotic pollution in surface fresh waters: Occurrence and effects

(2019) Marie-Claire Danner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Critical Importance of a One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance

(2019) Allison White et al.   EcoHealth

Insights into the antibiotic resistance dissemination in a wastewater effluent microbiome: bacteria, viruses and vesicles matter

(2019) Lucia Maestre‐Carballa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment: From Microbial Ecology to Public Policy

(2019) Susanne A. Kraemer et al.   Microorganisms

MBEC Versus MBIC: the Lack of Differentiation between Biofilm Reducing and Inhibitory Effects as a Current Problem in Biofilm Methodology

(2019) Lara Thieme et al.   BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES ONLINE

‘It takes a village’: mechanisms underlying antimicrobial recalcitrance of polymicrobial biofilms

(2019) Giulia Orazi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Global trends in antimicrobial resistance in animals in low- and middle-income countries

(2019) Thomas P. Van Boeckel et al.   SCIENCE

Nanoparticle–Biofilm Interactions: The Role of the EPS Matrix

(2019) Stephanie Fulaz et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Metagenomic Analysis of Virus Diversity and Relative Abundance in a Eutrophic Freshwater Harbour

(2019) Christine N. Palermo et al.   Viruses-Basel

Response of microbial communities of karst river water to antibiotics and microbial source tracking for antibiotics

(2019) Shizheng Xiang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of multiple stressors on river biofilms depend on the time scale

(2019) Ferran Romero et al.   Scientific Reports

Species Interaction and Selective Carbon Addition During Antibiotic Exposure Enhances Bacterial Survival

(2019) Lindsay M. D. Jackson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Metagenomic analysis of bacterial and viral assemblages from a freshwater creek and irrigated field reveals temporal and spatial dynamics

(2019) Jessica Chopyk et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Benchmarking protocols for the metagenomic analysis of stream biofilm viromes

(2019) Meriem Bekliz et al.   PeerJ

Evolution and distribution of resistance genes and bacterial community in water and biofilm of a simulated fish-duck integrated pond with stress

(2019) Min Zhou et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Phage or foe: an insight into the impact of viral predation on microbial communities

(2018) Lucía Fernández et al.   ISME Journal

Ecological effects of antibiotics on natural ecosystems: A review

(2018) Paola Grenni et al.   MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Antibiotic Use in Agriculture and Its Consequential Resistance in Environmental Sources: Potential Public Health Implications

(2018) Christy Manyi-Loh et al.   MOLECULES

Antibiotic-Resistance Genes in Waste Water

(2018) Antti Karkman et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilms as a sink for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the Yangtze Estuary

(2018) Xing-pan Guo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Emerging contaminants and nutrients synergistically affect the spread of class 1 integron-integrase ( intI1 ) and sul1 genes within stable streambed bacterial communities

(2018) Jèssica Subirats et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Bacterial Memory of Persisters: Bacterial Persister Cells Can Retain Their Phenotype for Days or Weeks After Withdrawal From Colony–Biofilm Culture

(2018) Saki Miyaue et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant coliform bacteria, Enterococcus spp. and Staphylococcus spp. in wastewater sewerage biofilm

(2018) Kristína Lépesová et al.   Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Phage puppet masters of the marine microbial realm

(2018) Mya Breitbart et al.   Nature Microbiology

Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical environments

(2018) Nicole A. Lerminiaux et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Mobile Genetic Elements Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance

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

Antibiotic resistance genes and associated bacterial communities in agricultural soils amended with different sources of animal manures

(2018) Xue-Mei Han et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Enhanced Biofilm Formation and Membrane Vesicle Release by Escherichia coli Expressing a Commonly Occurring Plasmid Gene, kil

(2018) Ryoma Nakao et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Sewers as potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance

(2017) Olga Auguet et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impact of wastewater treatment plant discharge on the contamination of river biofilms by pharmaceuticals and antibiotic resistance

(2017) Elodie Aubertheau et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

At the Nexus of Antibiotics and Metals: The Impact of Cu and Zn on Antibiotic Activity and Resistance

(2017) Keith Poole   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Subminimal inhibitory concentration (sub-MIC) of antibiotic induces electroactive biofilm formation in bioelectrochemical systems

(2017) Lean Zhou et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Bacteriophages Contribute to the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Genes among Foodborne Pathogens of the Enterobacteriaceae Family – A Review

(2017) Anna Colavecchio et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Complex Relationship between Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance

(2017) Meredith Schroeder et al.   Genes

Algae–bacteria interactions: Evolution, ecology and emerging applications

(2016) Rishiram Ramanan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Effects of erythromycin, trimethoprim and clindamycin on attached microbial communities from an effluent dominated prairie stream

(2016) M.J. Waiser et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Phages rarely encode antibiotic resistance genes: a cautionary tale for virome analyses

(2016) François Enault et al.   ISME Journal

The ecology and biogeochemistry of stream biofilms

(2016) Tom J. Battin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A Comprehensive Analysis on Spread and Distribution Characteristic of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Livestock Farms of Southeastern China

(2016) Na Wang et al.   PLoS One

Minimal selective concentrations of tetracycline in complex aquatic bacterial biofilms

(2016) Sara V. Lundström et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Persistence of naturally occurring antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteria and bacteriophage fractions of wastewater

(2016) William Calero-Cáceres et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Trace levels of sewage effluent are sufficient to increase class 1 integron prevalence in freshwater biofilms without changing the core community

(2016) Katja Lehmann et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics: A call for improved consideration of microorganisms

(2015) Kristian K. Brandt et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Bacterial adaptation to sublethal antibiotic gradients can change the ecological properties of multitrophic microbial communities

(2015) V.-P. Friman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river

(2015) Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Prevalence and proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes in two municipal wastewater treatment plants

(2015) Daqing Mao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Potential impacts of aquatic pollutants: sub-clinical antibiotic concentrations induce genome changes and promote antibiotic resistance

(2015) Louise Chow et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The role of biofilms as environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance

(2015) José L. Balcázar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Shifts in microbial community structure and function in light- and dark-grown biofilms driven by warming

(2014) Anna M. Romaní et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Influence of O Polysaccharides on Biofilm Development and Outer Membrane Vesicle Biogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

(2014) K. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

What is a resistance gene? Ranking risk in resistomes

(2014) José L. Martínez et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Proteomic analysis of Vibrio cholerae outer membrane vesicles

(2014) E. Altindis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Scourge of Antibiotic Resistance: The Important Role of the Environment

(2013) R. L. Finley et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence: a Successful or Deleterious Association in the Bacterial World?

(2013) A. Beceiro et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics and wastewater influencing biofilm formation and gene expression of multi-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa wastewater isolates

(2013) Julia Bruchmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Potential impact of environmental bacteriophages in spreading antibiotic resistance genes

(2013) Maite Muniesa et al.   Future Microbiology

The role of the natural environment in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

(2013) Elizabeth MH Wellington et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Occurrence and Abundance of Antibiotics and Resistance Genes in Rivers, Canal and near Drug Formulation Facilities – A Study in Pakistan

(2013) Ghazanfar Ali Khan et al.   PLoS One

The role of aquatic ecosystems as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance

(2013) Elisabet Marti et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Occurrence and Removal of Antiviral Drugs in Environment: A Review

(2013) Swati Jain et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Drought episode modulates the response of river biofilms to triclosan

(2012) L. Proia et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Adaptive and Mutational Resistance: Role of Porins and Efflux Pumps in Drug Resistance

(2012) L. Fernandez et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Evolution of antibiotic resistance at non-lethal drug concentrations

(2012) Dan I. Andersson et al.   DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES

The interconnection between biofilm formation and horizontal gene transfer

(2012) Jonas Stenløkke Madsen et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Are humans increasing bacterial evolvability?

(2012) Michael R. Gillings et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Low Levels of  -Lactam Antibiotics Induce Extracellular DNA Release and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) J. B. Kaplan et al.   mBio

Metagenomic analysis of DNA viruses in a wastewater treatment plant in tropical climate

(2011) Hideyuki Tamaki et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temporal Dynamics of Periphyton Exposed to Tetracycline in Stream Mesocosms

(2011) Erin L. Quinlan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Molecular and microscopic assessment of the effects of caffeine, acetaminophen, diclofenac, and their mixtures on river biofilm communities

(2011) John R. Lawrence et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Biofilms in drinking water and their role as reservoir for pathogens

(2011) Jost Wingender et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Raw Sewage Harbors Diverse Viral Populations

(2011) P. G. Cantalupo et al.   mBio

Antibiotics in Feed Induce Prophages in Swine Fecal Microbiomes

(2011) H. K. Allen et al.   mBio

Selection of Resistant Bacteria at Very Low Antibiotic Concentrations

(2011) Erik Gullberg et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Census of the Viral Metagenome within an Activated Sludge Microbial Assemblage

(2010) L. C. Parsley et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm formation at warming temperature: acceleration of microbial colonization and microbial interactive effects

(2010) Verónica Díaz Villanueva et al.   BIOFOULING

Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms

(2010) Niels Høiby et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

The biofilm matrix

(2010) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Call of the wild: antibiotic resistance genes in natural environments

(2010) Heather K. Allen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative microscale analysis of the effects of triclosan and triclocarban on the structure and function of river biofilm communities

(2009) J.R. Lawrence et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Differential Adaptive Response and Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Planktonic and Biofilm Cells Exposed to Benzalkonium Chloride

(2008) A. K. Mangalappalli-Illathu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Architectural adaptation and protein expression patterns of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis biofilms under laminar flow conditions

(2008) Anil K. Mangalappalli-Illathu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Determination of virus abundance, diversity and distribution in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

(2008) Qinglong Wu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Transduction of blaCMY-2, tet(A), and tet(B) from Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Heidelberg to S. Typhimurium

(2007) Yifan Zhang et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY