T. U. Berendonk

Tradeoffs of increasing temperatures for the spread of antimicrobial resistance in river biofilms

This study shows that higher temperatures increase natural ARG abundance in river biofilms but accelerate the loss of invading wastewater-born ARGs.

Cigarette smoking promotes the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the human lung and the environment

This study shows cigarette smoke increases antimicrobial resistance transfer between bacteria in lung and environmental settings.

Microbiome diversity: A barrier to the environmental spread of antimicrobial resistance?

The paper investigates whether microbial diversity acts as a barrier to the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment, finding that higher diversity correlates with lower ARG abundance in structured soils but not in dynamic rivers.

Exposure to environmental stress decreases the resistance of river microbial communities towards invasion by antimicrobial resistant bacteria

This study investigates how environmental stress affects the invasion of antimicrobial resistant bacteria into river microbial communities, finding that stress enhances invasion success by reducing community diversity.

The global groundwater resistome: core antibiotic resistance genes, their dynamics and drivers

This study identifies core antibiotic resistance genes in groundwater and examines global drivers of their distribution using metagenomic data.

Quantification of the mobility potential of antibiotic resistance genes through multiplexed ddPCR linkage analysis

This paper develops a sequencing-independent method to quantify the linkage between antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements using ddPCR, demonstrating its accuracy and applicability in environmental samples.

Microbiome and resistome dynamics along a sewage-effluent-reservoir continuum underline the role of natural attenuation in effluent receiving reservoirs

This study tracks microbiome and resistome changes along a sewage-effluent-reservoir system, showing that ecological interactions in reservoirs reduce antibiotic resistance more than physical processes in treatment reactors.

A global baseline for qPCR-determined antimicrobial resistance gene prevalence across environments

The paper establishes a global baseline for qPCR-determined antimicrobial resistance gene prevalence across diverse environments using data from 1594 samples across 30 countries.

Estimating the conjugative transfer rate of antibiotic resistance genes: Effect of model structural errors

This study quantifies how structural model errors affect estimates of plasmid transfer rates in virtual mating experiments, highlighting the need to account for plasmid cost and lag phase for unbiased results.

Treated wastewater irrigation promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance into subsoil pore-water.

This study shows that treated wastewater irrigation increases antibiotic resistance gene and intI1 abundance in subsoil pore-water without affecting bacterial load.