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December 6, 2025Environmental Science & Technology

Impacts of Environmental Pollutants on Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Transfer: A Comparative Analysis

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JJJie JiangHZHuizhen Zheng

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Comparative analysis shows antibiotics enhance gene transfer in Escherichia coli, indicating environmental risks of pollutants.

Key Points

  • Antimicrobial resistance gene transfer was significantly influenced by four antibiotics, not by other pollutants.
  • The high-throughput screening platform utilized fluorescence to efficiently evaluate gene transfer in E. coli.
  • Analysis indicated that the type IV secretion system facilitates horizontal gene transfer in donor cells.
  • The findings highlight the need for targeted regulatory interventions to mitigate environmental risks.

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Jiang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69337cfbb3f947a0a125a4e8https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c05585
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