Microplastics as vectors for antibiotic resistance genes and their implications for gut health

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

Microplastic pollution contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistance. Everyday items like food containers, water bottles, clothing, and cosmetics can increase people's resistance antibiotics. Microplastics in environment serve as a suitable substrate for production "antibiotic-resistant genes" (ARGs). These genes are protected by bacterial chromosomes, phages, plasmids, which biological vectors capable spreading transferring antibiotic-resistance humans, thereby reducing their ability fight infections. In this study, we reviewed several articles that evaluated abundance ARGs changes expression different environments. were observed upon exposure antibiotics such tetracycline, sulfamethoxazole, macrolides, others, well microplastics, nanoplastics, or combination both. To assess impact these stressors on ARG abundance, compiled data from various studies using heatmaps tables abundances tissues By synthesizing information, aimed identify upregulated downregulated response each stressor. Our findings provide insights into potential risks posed environmental pollutants underscore importance understanding dynamics stressors.

Language: Английский

Toxicity Mechanisms of Microplastic and Its Effects on Ruminant Production: A Review

Biomolecules, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 462 - 462

Published: March 21, 2025

Plastic pollution has become one of the major environmental problems facing human beings in world today. waste accumulated environment forms plastic particles different sizes due to farming activities, climate change, ultraviolet light, microbial degradation, and animal chewing. The caused by microplastics a problem recent years, it is also research hotspot field ecological environment. More more studies have found that ruminants are exposed for long time, which seriously threaten their healthy growth. This paper introduces current situation pollution; properties effects on environment, beings, animals; summarizes types toxicity mechanisms microplastics; concludes main ways enter harm them. In addition, shortcomings future development summarized prospected provide theoretical reference related alleviating influence ruminant production.

Language: Английский

Spatial mapping and risk assessment of microplastic contamination in drinking water catchments from north of the Persian Gulf

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 197(4)

Published: March 21, 2025

Language: Английский