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Viral and eukaryotic drivers of prokaryotic and antibiotic resistance gene diversity in wastewater microbiomes

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By Antonia Weiss, Alan Xavier Elena, Uli Klümper, Kenneth Dumack
| tu-dresden.de
Background Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are proliferating in wastewater microbiomes, yet the biotic forces shaping their diversity remain poorly understood. Here, we integrate 14 months of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data from a wastewater treatment plant to reveal that viruses and microeukaryotes, long-overlooked trophic actors, may play an important role in shaping bacterial and ARG diversity.
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Fish are poor sentinels for surveillance of riverine AMR

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By Alan Xavier Elena, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, Faina Tskhay, Christoph Köbsch
| BioRxiv
Abstract Effective surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is crucial for assessing the human and animal health risk of AMR pollution. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are one of the main sources of AMR pollutants discharged into water bodies.
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Reduced selection for antibiotic resistance in community context is maintained despite pressure by additional antibiotics - ISME Communications

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By Alan Xavier Elena, Maxi Antonia Kunath
| Nature Verified
Abstract Selection for antibiotic resistance at very low antibiotic concentrations has been demonstrated for individual antibiotics in single species experiments. Furthermore, selection in these focal strains is reduced when taking place in complex microbial community context. However, in the environment, bacteria are rarely exposed to single, but rather complex mixtures of selective agents.
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