Effect of earthworms in removal and fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) during clinical laboratory wastewater treatment by vermifiltration
Abstract:Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) effluent has been implicated in the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) as the WWTP environment contains multiple selective pressures that may increase mutation rates, pathogen survivability, and induce gene transfer between bacteria. In lieu of this, the present study explored the effects and dynamics of earthworm-microorganisms interactions on the treatment efficacy of clinical laboratory wastewater treatment by vermifiltrati… Show more
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