TY - BOOK ID - 33311 TI - Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Waters AU - Gin, Karina AU - Ng, Charmaine PY - 2019 SN - 9783038976080 9783038976097 DB - DOAB KW - Pseudomonas aeruginosa KW - Psl KW - exopolysaccharide KW - antimicrobial peptide (AMP) KW - biofilm KW - EPS KW - antibiotic resistance genes KW - wastewater treatment KW - tertiary media filtration KW - antibiotics KW - river-reservoir system KW - water KW - sediment KW - risk assessment KW - antibiotics KW - Qingcaosha reservoir KW - risk assessment KW - bacterial community KW - co-occurrence pattern KW - antibiotics KW - estuary reservoir KW - surface water KW - antibiotic resistance gene KW - sand settling reservoirs KW - drinking water treatment plants KW - the Yellow River KW - Acinetobacter junii KW - wastewater treatment plant KW - antibiotic resistance KW - metal resistance genes KW - persistence KW - antibiotic resistance KW - ESBL KW - Escherichia coli KW - irrigation water KW - gastrointestinal infections KW - antibiotic resistance KW - chlorination KW - Escherichia coli KW - fecal indicator bacteria KW - reuse water KW - UV-disinfection KW - Acinetobacter baumannii KW - antibiotic-resistant strains KW - aquatic environment KW - ERIC-PCR KW - metagenomics KW - antibiotic resistance KW - wastewater KW - environmental ecology KW - Antimicrobial Resistance KW - Environmental Waters KW - water treatment plants KW - water reuse KW - ecological risk assessment UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:33311 AB - 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. ER -