Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in global lakes: A review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 116; pp. 60 - 73
• Main Authors: Yang, Yuyi, Song, Wenjuan, Lin, Hui, Wang, Weibo, Du, Linna, Xing, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018
• Subjects: animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - analysis; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotic resistance genes; Antibiotics; Aquatic biota; aquatic plants; Bacteria - drug effects; Bacteria - genetics; bacterial communities; China; Drug Resistance, Microbial - genetics; ecosystems; freshwater; freshwater lakes; Genes, Bacterial - genetics; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; human health; Lakes - chemistry; Lakes - microbiology; liquids; Meta-analysis; Niche; niches; oxytetracycline; pollutants; pollution; quinolones; risk; river water; roxithromycin; sediments; Species sensitivity distributions; sulfamerazine; sulfamethoxazole; China; Niche; Antibiotics; Species sensitivity distributions; Antibiotic resistance genes; Aquatic biota; Meta-analysis

Lakes are an important source of freshwater, containing nearly 90% of the liquid surface fresh water worldwide. Long retention times in lakes mean pollutants from discharges slowly circulate around the lakes and may lead to high ecological risk for ecosystem and human health. In recent decades, anti...