Chemical pollutants don't just degrade water quality, they can reshape microbial communities and select for resistance. This research investigates how contaminants commonly found in wastewater, including the antimicrobial triclosan, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and plastics, influence bacterial community composition, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and the environmental fate of emerging pollutants in coastal ecosystems.
Publications
Shunli Wang, K. A. Lydon, Evan M. White, Joe B. Grubbs, E. Lipp, J. Locklin, J. Jambeck
Environmental Science and Technology, 2018
K. A. Lydon, D. A. Glinski, Jason R. Westrich, W. M. Henderson, E. Lipp
Elementa, 2017