Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Waters

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering and technology; Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter junii; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance gene; antibiotic resistance genes; antibiotic-resistant strains; antibiotics; antimicrobial peptide (AMP); Antimicrobial Resistance; aquatic environment; bacterial community; biofilm; chlorination; co-occurrence pattern; drinking water treatment plants; ecological risk assessment; environmental ecology; Environmental Waters; EPS; ERIC-PCR; ESBL; Escherichia coli; estuary reservoir; exopolysaccharide; fecal indicator bacteria; gastrointestinal infections; irrigation water; metagenomics; metal resistance genes; persistence; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Psl; Qingcaosha reservoir; reuse water; risk assessment; river-reservoir system; sand settling reservoirs; sediment; surface water; tertiary media filtration; the Yellow River; UV-disinfection; wastewater; wastewater treatment; wastewater treatment plant; water; water reuse; water treatment plants
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• ISBN: 9783038976080; 9783038976097; books978-3-03897-609-7
• Access: Open Access

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.