Hydrogen sulfide drives horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater ecosystems
Haining Huang, Lin Lin, Qimeng Liu, Xinyi Li, Junqi Liao, Lei Dong, Junya Zhang, Yinglong Su, Jingyang Luo, Leiyu Feng, Xiong Zheng, Jianhua Guo, Yinguang Chen
Topics & Concepts
Horizontal gene transferPlasmidGeneAntibiotic resistanceMicrobiologyWastewaterHydrogen sulfideBacteriaGeneticsBiologyResistomeMetaboliteChemistryBiochemistryEscherichia coliBacterial geneticsSulfideMicroorganismEndogenyOperonMetabolic pathwayResistance (ecology)GlutamineAntibioticsMechanism (biology)Cell biologyEnterobacteriaceaeXenobioticPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyFecal contamination and water quality