Antibiotic resistance: a tale of two environments assessment of the emerging ecological risk of antibiotic resistance released from the Cleveland Bay sewage treatment plant onto the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Drane, Kezia Ellyse (2025) Antibiotic resistance: a tale of two environments assessment of the emerging ecological risk of antibiotic resistance released from the Cleveland Bay sewage treatment plant onto the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Kezia Drane investigated the role of a wastewater treatment plant in the release of antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotics to the Great Barrier Reef. The findings provide insights into the effects these biological and pharmaceutical contaminants may have on marine microbiomes and characterise interactions necessary for the development of adequate One Health risk assessments.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | antibiotic resistance, ecosystems, Cleveland Bay, sewage treatment plant, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, wastewater, bacteria |
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| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2025 Kezia Ellyse Drane |
| Additional Information: | Three publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at time of processing. Please see the Related URLS. The publications are: [Chapter 2] Drane, Kezia, Huerlimann, Roger, Power, Michelle, Whelan, Anna, Ariel, Ellen, Sheehan, Madoc, and Kinobe, Robert (2021) Testudines as sentinels for monitoring the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in marine environments: an integrative review. Antibiotics, 10 (7). 775. [Chapter 3] Drane, Kezia, Sheehan, Madoc, Whelan, Anna, Ariel, Ellen, and Kinobe, Robert (2024) The Role of Wastewater Treatment Plants in Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance: Source, Measurement, Removal and Risk Assessment. Antibiotics, 13 (7). 668. [Chapter 4] Drane, Kezia, Huerlimann, Roger, Jones, Rhondda, Whelan, Anna, Sheehan, Madoc, Ariel, Ellen, and Kinobe, Robert (2025) Concordance in molecular methods for detection of antimicrobial resistance: A cross sectional study of the influent to a wastewater plant. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 228. 107069. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2026 02:53 |
| FoR Codes: | 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4105 Pollution and contamination > 410599 Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified @ 20% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 40% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3107 Microbiology > 310703 Microbial ecology @ 40% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 40% 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180201 Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems @ 30% 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180206 Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments @ 30% |
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