More information: Yuqing Mao et al, Enhanced detection for antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater samples using a CRISPR-enriched metagenomic method, Water Research (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j ...

High-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD) was tested for detecting antibiotic residues in ...

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water and even air. open image in gallery Boston University researchers have found that microplastics could be fueling antibiotic resistance. Drug-resistant bacteria is a global threat (Getty ...

Therese Westrell, PhD, principal expert of food- and water-borne diseases at the ECDC ... Instead, azithromycin or erythromycin, both macrolide antibiotics, can be used to treat Campylobacter ...

Microplastics increase antibiotic resistance and damage plants' ability to photosynthesise, writes Fionn Ferreira ...

Some drugs are known as nephrotoxic, which means that their effects can cause damage to the kidneys. Drugs such as certain ...

Gross hypothesized that the water-repellant properties of plastics ... the materials could be taking in moisture and absorbing the antibiotics before they could reach the bacteria.

The rate of antibiotic resistance on the microplastic ... One theory, she says, is that plastics repel water and other liquids, which allow bacteria to easily attach themselves.

The rate of antibiotic resistance on the microplastics ... Most plastics repel water and other liquids — they are hydrophobic due to their molecular structure. Zaman’s team speculated that ...