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Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants
The main goal of this manuscript is to review different treatment strategies and mechanisms for combating the antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in the wastewater environment. The high amount of antibiotics is released into the wastewater that may promote selec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5776126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387043 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02603 |
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description | The main goal of this manuscript is to review different treatment strategies and mechanisms for combating the antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in the wastewater environment. The high amount of antibiotics is released into the wastewater that may promote selection of ARB and ARGs which find their way into natural environments. Emerging microbial pathogens and increasing antibiotic resistance among them is a global public health issue. The propagation and spread of ARB and ARGs in the environment may result in an increase of antibiotic resistant microbial pathogens which is a worldwide environmental and public health concern. A proper treatment of wastewater is essential before its discharge into rivers, lake, or sewage system to prevent the spread of ARB and ARGs into the environment. This review discusses various treatment options applied for combating the spread of ARB and ARGs in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). It was reported that low-energy anaerobic–aerobic treatment reactors, constructed wetlands, and disinfection processes have shown good removal efficiencies. Nanomaterials and biochar combined with other treatment methods and coagulation process are very recent strategies regarding ARB and ARGs removal and need more investigation and research. Based on current studies a wide-ranging removal efficiency of ARGs can be achieved depending on the type of genes present and treatment processes used, still, there are gaps that need to be further investigated. In order to find solutions to control dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the environment, it is important to (1) study innovative strategies in large scale and over a long time to reach an actual evaluation, (2) develop risk assessment studies to precisely understand occurrence and abundance of ARB/ARGs so that their potential risks to human health can be determined, and (3) consider operating and environmental factors that affect the efficiency of each treatment mechanism. |
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spelling | pubmed-57761262018-01-31 Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants Barancheshme, Fateme Munir, Mariya Front Microbiol Microbiology The main goal of this manuscript is to review different treatment strategies and mechanisms for combating the antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in the wastewater environment. The high amount of antibiotics is released into the wastewater that may promote selection of ARB and ARGs which find their way into natural environments. Emerging microbial pathogens and increasing antibiotic resistance among them is a global public health issue. The propagation and spread of ARB and ARGs in the environment may result in an increase of antibiotic resistant microbial pathogens which is a worldwide environmental and public health concern. A proper treatment of wastewater is essential before its discharge into rivers, lake, or sewage system to prevent the spread of ARB and ARGs into the environment. This review discusses various treatment options applied for combating the spread of ARB and ARGs in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). It was reported that low-energy anaerobic–aerobic treatment reactors, constructed wetlands, and disinfection processes have shown good removal efficiencies. Nanomaterials and biochar combined with other treatment methods and coagulation process are very recent strategies regarding ARB and ARGs removal and need more investigation and research. Based on current studies a wide-ranging removal efficiency of ARGs can be achieved depending on the type of genes present and treatment processes used, still, there are gaps that need to be further investigated. In order to find solutions to control dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the environment, it is important to (1) study innovative strategies in large scale and over a long time to reach an actual evaluation, (2) develop risk assessment studies to precisely understand occurrence and abundance of ARB/ARGs so that their potential risks to human health can be determined, and (3) consider operating and environmental factors that affect the efficiency of each treatment mechanism. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5776126/ /pubmed/29387043 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02603 Text en Copyright © 2018 Barancheshme and Munir. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology Barancheshme, Fateme Munir, Mariya Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants |
title | Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants |
title_full | Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants |
title_fullStr | Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants |
title_full_unstemmed | Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants |
title_short | Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants |
title_sort | strategies to combat antibiotic resistance in the wastewater treatment plants |
topic | Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5776126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387043 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02603 |
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