The interplay between antimicrobial resistance, heavy metal pollution, and the role of microplastics

Frontiers in Microbiology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 16

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Environmental pollution with heavy metals (HMs) and microplastics (MPs) could enhance the global health challenge antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Herein, we explore complicated mechanics of how HMs, MPs, AMR are interlinked within microbial ecosystems, as well co-selection cross-resistance mechanisms. Unlike antibiotics, HMs have influenced evolution for billions years, promoting mechanisms that predate antibiotic genes (ARGs). At same time, this conundrum is further by pervasive spread MPs in aquatic terrestrial environments, acting substrates bacterial pathogenic biofilms accelerates horizontal gene transfer (HGT) ARGs metal (MRGs). This review highlights such lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni) persistently selected traits through efflux systems genetic co-regulation. Together, these interactions amplified create exchange hotspots due to biofilm formation. These dynamics modulated organic matter, which serves both a nutrient source mediator HM bioavailability, directly influencing ARG abundance. Soil water including riverine landfill leachate, reservoirs ARG–MRG combinations, notable contributions originating from anthropogenic activities. also emphasizes urgent need integrated environmental public strategies mitigate pollutant-driven AMR. work seeks approach synergistic drivers upstream (causes) levers, foundation future research on sustainable management practices policy (One Health Approach), aimed at curbing determinants can proceed.

Язык: Английский

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Spatial analysis of total mercury concentration in surface sediments in Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 214, С. 117793 - 117793

Опубликована: Март 13, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Nutritional Profiling of Oncorhynchus mykiss from Çamlıgöze Dam, Türkiye: Health Risk Assessment through Monte Carlo Simulation and Elemental Source Attribution using Positive Matrix Factorization

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 107172 - 107172

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Heavy Metals in Marine Fish: Ecological and Ecosystem-Level Impacts

Journal of Xenobiotics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(2), С. 59 - 59

Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2025

Heavy metal contamination in marine ecosystems poses a critical environmental challenge, with significant implications for biodiversity, trophic dynamics, and human health. Marine fish are key bioindicators of heavy pollution because their role food webs capacity bioaccumulation transfer. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the pathways mechanisms accumulation fish, focusing factors that influence uptake, retention, tissue distribution. We explore processes governing transfer biomagnification, highlighting species-specific patterns risks posed to apex predators, including humans. Additionally, we assess ecological consequences at population, community, ecosystem levels, emphasizing its effects reproduction, community structure, interactions. By integrating recent findings, this highlights gaps suggests future research directions improve monitoring risk assessment. Given persistence bioavailability metals environments, effective control strategies sustainable fisheries management imperative mitigate long-term public health risks.

Язык: Английский

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Polyethyleneimine-functionalized pectin fibers as effective adsorbents for the removal of mercury ions from aqueous solution: Characterization, performance, and mechanism

Separation and Purification Technology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 133116 - 133116

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Distribution, quality assessment and historical variation of trace metals in sediments from Deering Bay waterways (South Florida)

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 216, С. 118052 - 118052

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Toxicity comparison of polylactic acid and polyethylene microplastics co-exposed with methylmercury on Daphnia magna

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 211, С. 117318 - 117318

Опубликована: Дек. 2, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Multigenerational impact of global change: increased mercury toxicity in a marine copepod

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 481, С. 136505 - 136505

Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Micro-nanoplastics: a serious threat to whales’ health and conservation

BMJ, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. q2095 - q2095

Опубликована: Сен. 30, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Micronanoplastics: a threat to whale health and conservation

Veterinary Record, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 195(7), С. 299 - 299

Опубликована: Окт. 4, 2024

Язык: Английский

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