Browsing by Author "Manaia, C. M."
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Antibiotic resistance in urban aquatic environments: can it be controlled?
Manaia, C. M.; Macedo, Gonçalo; Fatta-kassinos, Despo; Nunes, Olga C. (2016)Over the last decade, numerous evidences have contributed to establish a link between the natural and human-impacted environments and the growing public health threat that is the antimicrobial resistance. In the environment, ...
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High Throughput Analysis of Integron Gene Cassettes in Wastewater Environments
Gatica, Joao; Tripathi, Vijay; Green, Stefan; Manaia, C. M.; Berendonk, Thomas U.; Cacace, Damiano; Merlin, Christophe; Kreuzinger, Norbert; Schwartz, Thomas; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Rizzo, Luigi; Schwermer, Carsten U.; Garelick, Hemda; Jurkevitch, Edouard; Cytryn, Eddie (2016)Integrons are extensively targeted as a proxy for anthropogenic impact in the environment. We developed a novel high-throughput amplicon sequencing pipeline that enables characterization of thousands of integron gene ...
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The potential implications of reclaimed wastewater reuse for irrigation on the agricultural environment: The knowns and unknowns of the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes – A review
Christou, A.; Agüera, A.; Bayona, J. M.; Cytryn, E.; Fotopoulos, V.; Lambropoulou, D.; Manaia, C. M.; Michael, C.; Revitt, M.; Schröder, P.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2017)
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Solar photo-Fenton process on the abatement of antibiotics at a pilot scale: Degradation kinetics, ecotoxicity and phytotoxicity assessment and removal of antibiotic resistant enterococci
Michael, I.; Hapeshi, E.; Michael, C.; Varela, A. R.; Kyriakou, S.; Manaia, C. M.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2012)
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Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework
Berendonk, Thomas U.; Manaia, C. M.; Merlin, Christophe; Fatta-kassinos, Despo; Cytryn, Eddie; Walsh, Fiona; Bürgmann, Helmut; Sørum, Henning; Norström, Madelaine; Pons, Marie-noëlle; Kreuzinger, Norbert; Huovinen, Pentti; Stefani, Stefania; Schwartz, Thomas; Kisand, Veljo; Baquero, Fernando; Martinez, José Luis (2015)Antibiotic resistance is a threat to human and animal health worldwide, and key measures are required to reduce the risks posed by antibiotic resistance genes that occur in the environment. These measures include the ...
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Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: A review
Michael, I.; Rizzo, L.; McArdell, C. S.; Manaia, C. M.; Merlin, C.; Schwartz, T.; Dagot, C.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2013)Urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTPs) are among the main sources of antibiotics' release into various compartments of the environment worldwide. The aim of the present paper is to critically review the fate and removal ...