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Book SynopsisAntimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater Treatment Processes Antimicrobial resistance is arguably the greatest threat to worldwide human health. This book evaluates the roles of human water use, treatment and conservation in the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors ix
Preface xiii
Préface xvii
About the Cover Artist xxi
List of Abbreviations xxiii
1 Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Wastewater Treatment 1
Mehrnoush Mohammadali and Julian Davies
2 When Pathogens and Environmental Organisms Meet: Consequences for Antibiotic Resistance 15
Jose Luis Martinez and Fernando Baquero
3 One Health: The Role Wastewater Treatment Plants Play as Reservoirs, Amplifiers, and Transmitters of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria 35
Marilyn C. Roberts
4 Assessing the Impact of Wastewater Treatment Plants on Environmental Levels of Antibiotic Resistance 55
Jessica Williams]Nguyen, Irene Bueno, and Randall S. Singer
5 Navigating through the Challenges Associated with the Analysis of Antimicrobials and Their Transformation Products in Wastewater 73
Randolph R. Singh, Rachel A Mullen, and Diana S. Aga
6 Metagenomic Approaches for Antibiotic Resistance Gene Detection in Wastewater Treatment Plants 95
Ying Yang and Tong Zhang
7 Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Australia 109
Andrew J. Watkinson and Simon D. Costanzo
8 The Mobile Resistome in Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Downstream Environments 129
Roberto B. M. Marano and Eddie Cytryn
9 Bacterial Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influents and Effluents 157
Veiko Voolaid, Erica Donner, Sotirios Vasileiadis, and Thomas U. Berendonk
10 The Effect of Advanced Treatment Technologies on the Removal of Antibiotic Resistance 179
Popi Karaolia, Stella Michael, and Despo Fatta]Kassinos
11 Antimicrobial Resistance Spread Mediated by Wastewater Irrigation: The Mezquital Valley Case Study 207
Melanie Broszat and Elisabeth Grohmann
12 Antimicrobial Resistance Related to Agricultural Wastewater and Biosolids 219
Lisa M. Durso and Amy Millmier Schmidt
13 Environmental Antibiotic Resistance Associated with Land Application of Biosolids 241
Jean E. McLain, Channah M. Rock, and Charles P. Gerba
14 High Throughput Method for Analyzing Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Wastewater Treatment Plants 253
Johanna Muurinen, Antti Karkman, and Marko Virta
15 Antibiotic Resistance and Wastewater Treatment Process 263
Thi Thuy Do, Sinéad Murphy, and Fiona Walsh
16 Antibiotic Pollution and Occurrence of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Latin American Developing Countries: Case Study of the Katari Watershed in the Bolivian Highlands 293
Denisse Archundia, Celine Duwig, Jean M.F. Martins, Frederic Lehembre, Marie]Christine Morel and Gabriela Flores
17 Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospital Wastewaters 309
Judith Isaac]Renton and Patricia L. Keen
18 Curbing the Resistance Movement: Examining Public Perception of the Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms 321
Agnes V. MacDonald and Patricia L. Keen
19 Public Health Consequences of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Process 329
Patricia L. Keen, Raphaël Fugère, and David M. Patrick
Index 339
