| Title: |
A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants |
| Authors: |
Marano, Roberto; Fernandes, Telma; Manaia, Célia; Nunes, Olga; Morrison, Donald; Berendonk, Thomas; Kreuzinger, Norbert; Tenson, Tanel; Gianluca, Corno; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Merlin, Christophe; Topp, Edward; Jurkevitch, Edouard; Henn, Leonie; Scott, Andrew; Heß, Stefanie; Slipko, Katarzyna Anna; Laht, Mailis; Kisand, Veljo; Cesare, Andrea; Karaolia, Popi; Michael, Stella; Petre, Alice; Rosal, Roberto; Pruden, Amy; Riquelme, Maria Virginia; Agüera, Ana; Esteban, Belen; Luczkiewicz, Aneta; Kalinowska, Agnieszka; Leonard, Anne; Gaze, William; Adegoke, Anthony Ayodeji; Stenstrom, Thor; Pollice, Alfieri; Salerno, Carlo; Schwermer, Carsten Ulrich; Krzeminski, Pawel; Guilloteau, Hélène; Donner, Erica; Drigo, Barbara; Libralato, Giovanni; Guida, Marco; Bürgmann, Helmut; Beck, Karin; Garelick, Hemda; Tacão, Marta; Henriques, Isabel; Martínez-Alcalá, Isabel; Guillén-Navarro, Jose; Popowska, Magdalena; Piotrowska, Marta; Quintela-Baluja, Marcos; Bunce, Joshua; Polo-López, Maria; Nahim-Granados, Samira; Pons, Marie-Noëlle; Milakovic, Milena; Udikovic-Kolic, Nikolina; Ory, Jérôme; Traore, Ousmane; Caballero, Pilar; Oliver, Antoni; Rodriguez-Mozaz, Sara; Balcazar, Jose; Jäger, Thomas; Schwartz, Thomas; Yang, Ying; Zou, Shichun; Lee, Yunho; Yoon, Younggun; Herzog, Bastian; Mayrhofer, Heidrun; Prakash, Om; Nimonkar, Yogesh; Heath, Ester; Baraniak, Anna; Abreu Silva, Joana; Choudhury, Manika; Munoz, Leonardo; Krizanovic, Stela; Brunetti, Gianluca; Maile-Moskowitz, Ayella; Brown, Connor; Cytryn, Eddie |
| Contributors: |
Department of Agroecology and Plant Health, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel; Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia; LEPABE, Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto; #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#; Institute of Hydrobiology, TU Dresden; Solar Energy Research Centre (CIESOL), Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT; Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban South Africa; Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology; Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University |
| Publisher Information: |
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
TU Wien: reposiTUm |
| Subject Terms: |
antibiotic resistance; coliforms; ESBLs; wastewater treatment; water reuse |
| Description: |
2020 The Authors ; The World Health Organization Global Action Plan recommends integrated surveillance programs as crucial strategies for monitoring antibiotic resistance. Although several national surveillance programs are in place for clinical and veterinary settings, no such schemes exist for monitoring antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment. In this transnational study, we developed, validated, and tested a low-cost surveillance and easy to implement approach to evaluate antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by targeting cefotaxime-resistant (CTX-R) coliforms as indicators. The rationale for this approach was: i) coliform quantification methods are internationally accepted as indicators of fecal contamination in recreational waters and are therefore routinely applied in analytical labs; ii) CTX-R coliforms are clinically relevant, associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), and are rare in pristine environments. We analyzed 57 WWTPs in 22 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. CTX-R coliforms were ubiquitous in raw sewage and their relative abundance varied significantly ( |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0160-4120; 1873-6750 |
| Relation: |
#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#; Environment International; ES1403 NEREU; WaterJPI/0001/ 2013 STARE; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/17465; 106035 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/17465 |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.A7D9718A |
| Database: |
BASE |