Oropharyngeal microbiome profiling and its association with age and heart failure in the elderly population from the northernmost province of China.

Respiratory tract infections are the most common triggers for heart failure in elderly people. The healthy respiratory commensal microbiota can prevent invasion by infectious pathogens and decrease the risk of respiratory tract infections. However, upper respiratory tract (URT) microbiome in the elderly is not well understood.

and related antibiotic resistance genes as indicators for wastewater treatment.

This review aims to examine the existence of . nd their antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic settings and the alternative treatment ways. in a various aquatic environment have been identified as contaminants with impacts on human health and the environment.