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Research Work during My Academic Years

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PhD Study

The Wastewater Plasmidome and its Derived Resistome: Insight  into Their Dynamics in the Urban Water Systems (UWS)

ESBL plasmids are able to be exogenously isolated from urban sewers. IncN plasmid is prevalent across Europe and behaves as an efficient vector capable of disseminating multiple antibiotic resistance genes (including ESBL) in the UWSs.

There’re shared plasmid pools across different UWS compartments among different countries, and some plasmids can persist throughout the UWS processing. 

The UWS plasmidome-derived resistome plays an important role in the total resistome, and this resistome is shaped by geographic-regional and UWS-sectional variations.

Master's Study

Fate of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) under Anaerobic Treatment Conditions

ARG concentrations are closely associated with humic acids, heavy metals and antibiotics in the municipal solid waste landfill leachates, implying landfilling  contributes to the enrichment of ARGs in the long term.

Human food is not free of antibiotics and ARGs, and food waste is an underestimated antibiotic resistance pool with various determinants (heavy metals, humic substances, C-associated and N-associated contents, etc.). The ARG issue in the food waste can be mitigated through biological treatment with well-planned daily operations.

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Bachelor's Study

Enantioselectivity in Aquatic Toxicity of Synthetic Pyrethroid Insecticides Bifenthrin, Cyhalothrin and Permethrin

1R-enantiomer of bifenthrin (BF) has higher degrees of acute and developmental toxicity compared to the 1S-enantiomer, resulting in malformations in zebrafish embryos. 


Bifenthrin has a remarkable enantioselective effect on the expression of thyroid receptor genes, deiodinase gene and thyroid-stimulating hormone gene, as well as metabolic genes, such as cytochrome P450 genes and uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase gene.

O R C I D

Petri Dish

ORCID: the Open Researcher and Contributor ID

Publications

1 / MSc Period

Co-occurrence of Mobile Genetic Elements and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachates: A Preliminary Insight into the Role of Landfill Age.

Z Yu, P He, L Shao, H Zhang, F Lü.

2016. Water Research 106, 583-592. DOI10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.042

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2 / MSc Period

Fate of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Full-Scale Restaurant Food Waste Treatment Plant: Implications of the Roles beyond Heavy Metals and Mobile Genetic Elements.

P He, Z Yu, L Shao, Y Zhou, F Lü.

2019. Journal of Environmental Sciences 85, 17-34. DOI10.1016/j.jes.2019.04.004

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3 / MSc Period

Antibiotic Resistance Contamination in Four Italian Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Sites Spanning 34 Years.

P He, J Huang, Z Yu, X Xu, R Raga, F Lü.

2021. Chemosphere 266, 129182. DOI10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129182

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4 / PhD Period

Danish Wastewater Harbors Multiple Mobilized Colistin Resistance (mcr) Genes: A Preliminary Study on the Environmental mcr Reservoir.

Z Yu, R Pinilla-Redondo, J Nesme, A Dechesne, B Smets, S Sørensen.

2018. The Danish Microbiological Society Annual Congress 2018, 71-71. Danish Microbiological Society

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5 / PhD Period

Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and Carbapenemase Genes are Substantially and Sequentially Reduced during Conveyance and Treatment of Urban Sewage.

L Li, J Nesme, M Quintela-Baluja, S Balboa, S Hashsham, M Williams, Z Yu, S Sørensen, D Graham, J Romalde, A Dechesne, B. Smets.

2021. Environmental Science & Technology 55, 5939-5949. DOI10.1021/acs.est.0c08548

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6 / PhD Period

Horizontal Transmission of a Multidrug-resistant IncN Plasmid Isolated from Urban Wastewater.

Z Yu, Q Wang, R Pinilla-Redondo, J Madsen, K Clasen, H Ananbeh, A Olesen, Z Gong, N Yang, A Dechesne, B Smets, J Nesme, S Sørensen.

2024. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 271, 115971. DOI10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.115971

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7 / PhD Period

Insights into the Circular: the Cryptic Plasmidome and its Derived Antibiotic Resistome in the Urban Water Systems.

Z Yu, W He, J Nesme, F Klincke, J Madsen, W Kot, L Hansen, A Dechesne, B Smets, S Sørensen.

2024. Environment International 183, 108351. DOI10.1016/j.envint.2023.108351

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8 / PhD Period

Plasmidome Derived Antibiotic Resistome Reveals the Partitioning of Different Geographic Regions and Treatment Compartments in the Urban Water Systems.

Z Yu, W He, J Nesme, F Klincke, J Madsen, W Kot, L Hansen, A Dechesne, B Smets, S Sørensen.

2024. Research Square. DOI10.21203/rs.3.rs-5064567/v1

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