State-of-the-art removal of antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
污水处理厂削减耐药菌与抗性基因的研究进展

The abuse and overuse of antibiotics lead to increasing bacterial resistance to actibiotics and extensive dissemination of resistance. As a reservoir for antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance gene (ARG), the effluent and biosolids of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are the important contamination sources for the antibiotic resistance dissemination. Meanwhile, WWTPs play an important role in controlling of resistance dissemination. The purpose of this paper is to summarize pollution status of antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment, to thoroughly review the advances of removing ARB and ARG during WWTP treating processes, and to propose the future research direction.