Spatiotemporal profiling of antibiotics and resistance genes in a river catchment: Human population as the main driver of antibiotic and antibiotic resistance gene presence in the environment

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 203; p. 117533
• Main Authors: Elder, Felicity C.T., Proctor, Kathryn, Barden, Ruth, Gaze, William H, Snape, Jason, Feil, Edward J, Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.09.2021
• Subjects: AMR; Environment; Fluoroquinolones; Resistance genes; Wastewater; Fluoroquinolones; Environment; Wastewater; Resistance genes; AMR

•4 AB classes and 4 ARGs in 5 WWTPs serving 5 cities studied.•Strong positive correlation observed between AB, ARG daily loads and population size.•The removal of ABs and ARGs is site and target specific and highly variable.•Some evidence that selection for sul1 and qnrS occurs during wastewater tre...