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Immobilised cerium-doped Zinc oxide as a photocatalyst for the degradation of a...
Zammit, Ian; Vaiano, Vincenzo; Ribeiro, Ana R.; Silva, Adrián M. T.; Manaia, Célia M.; Rizzo, LuigiThe threat of antibiotic resistance to the wellbeing of societies is well established. Urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTPs) are recognised sources for antibiotic resistance dissemination in the environment. Herein a novel cerium-doped zinc oxide (Ce-ZnO) photocatalyst is compared to ZnO and the benchmark TiO2-P25 in the immobilised form on a metallic support, to evaluate a photocatalytic process as a possi...
Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants: tackling the black box
Manaia, Célia M.; Rocha, Jaqueline; Scaccia, Nazareno; Marano, Roberto; Radu, Elena; Biancullo, Francesco; Cerqueira, Francisco; Fortunato, GianuárioWastewater is among the most important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance in urban environments. The abundance of carbon sources and other nutrients, a variety of possible electron acceptors such as oxygen or nitrate, the presence of particles onto which bacteria can adsorb, or a fairly stable pH and temperature are examples of conditions favouring the remarkable diversity of microorganisms in this peculiar ha...