Selective attenuation of wastewater resistomes and residual ARG-MGE co-occurrence in semi-arid lagoon-treated effluents.
Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), mobile genetic elements (MGEs), and clinically relevant bacterial taxa are environmental-health concerns in wastewater-impacted ecosystems. However, the capacity of lagoon systems to attenuate these AMR-related signals before effluent discharge or reuse remains insufficiently char...