Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Environment: Toward Management Options for Reducing the Dissemination
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 309
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antibiotic resistance genes; biological wastewater treatment; environmental microbiology; manure storage
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Interests: water and wastewater engineering; water quality; water and wastewater treatment; water analysis; drinking water quality; water chemistry; environmental analysis; environmental remediation; environmental biodegradation; biological effluent; treatment processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antibiotic resistance, encoded by antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), is the ability of some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment. Soil and water environments becoming reservoirs of antibiotic resistance caused by clinically and agriculturally overuse of antibiotics. In particular, wastewater and animal manure have been recognized as the reservoirs for the dissemination of ARGs in environments. The discharge of treated wastewater from wastewater treatment plants and the wastewater irrigation can introduce ARGs to receiving environments. Land application of manure and sewage sludge in agricultural practice can introduce ARGs to the receiving soil and natural water body. Therefore, management practices in a manner that can potentially stem the spread of ARGs in the environment were needed.
The scope of this Special Issue is to collect original articles to update knowledge on fate of ARGs in environments and to seek potential management practices for reducing the dissemination of ARGs. The manuscripts focus on the reduction of ARGs during wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion, and composting will be highly welcomed. We welcome contributions including, but not limited to, the following environment research areas: health risk assessment, pathogens, microbiomes, metagenomics, food safety, public health, agriculture practice, wastewater, soil, manure, and crops. We accept original research, reviews, mini-reviews, and meta-data analyses.
Dr. Yuepeng Sun
Dr. Kai He
Dr. Qidong Yin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance genes
- soil
- wastewater
- manure
