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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

15. Sorinolu, A. J., & Munir, M. (2022). Degradation and Horizontal Gene Transfer Analysis of Plasmid-encoded Antibiotic Resistance Genes during UV254, Hydroxyl Radical and Sulphate Radical treatments. Chemical Engineering Journal, 138380.

14. Barua, V.B., Juel, M.A.I., Blackwood, A.D., Clerkin, T., Ciesielski, M., Sorinolu, A.J., Holcomb, D.A., Young, I., Kimble, G., Sypolt, S.,  Engel, L.S., 2021, Rachel, T. Nobel and Munir, M.,. Tracking the temporal variation of COVID-19 surges through wastewater-based epidemiology during the peak of the pandemic: A six-month long study in Charlotte, North Carolina. Science of The Total Environment, p.152503.

13. Barua, V.B. and Munir, M., 2021. A Review on Synchronous Microalgal Lipid Enhancement and Wastewater Treatment. Energies14(22), p.7687.

12. Mamun, M.M., Sorinolu, A.J., Munir, M. and Vejerano, E.P., 2021. Nanoantibiotics: Functions and properties at the nanoscale to combat antibiotic resistance. Frontiers in chemistry9, p.348.

11. Park, S., Rana, A., Sung, W. and Munir, M., 2021. Competitiveness of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) and Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) Technologies, with a Particular Focus on Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs). Applied Microbiology1(3), pp.426-444.

10. Juel, M.A.I., Stark, N., Nicolosi, B., Lontai, J., Lambirth, K., Schlueter, J., Gibas, C., Munir, M., 2021. Performance evaluation of virus concentration methods for implementing SARS-CoV-2 wastewater based epidemiology emphasizing quick data turnaround, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 801, 149656. 

9. Gibas, C., Lambirth, K., Mittal, N., Juel, M.A.I., Barua, V.B., Brazell, L.R., Hinton, K., Lontai, J., Stark, N., Young, I.,  Quach, C., …, and  Munir, M., 2021. Implementing building-level SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance on a university campus. Science of The Total Environment, p.146749.

8. Sorinolu, A.J., Tyagi, N., Kumar, A. and Munir, M., 2020. Antibiotic Resistance Development and Human Health Risks during Wastewater Reuse and Biosolids Application in Agriculture. Chemosphere, p.129032.

7. Barancheshme, F. and Munir, M., 2018. Strategies to combat antibiotic resistance in the wastewater treatment plants. Frontiers in microbiology8, p.2603.

6. O’Brien, E., Munir, M., Marsh, T., Heran, M., Lesage, G., Tarabara, V.V. and Xagoraraki, I., 2017. Diversity of DNA viruses in effluents of membrane bioreactors in Traverse City, MI (USA) and La Grande Motte (France). Water research111, pp.338-345.

5. Gu, C., Gao, P., Yang, F., An, D., Munir, M., Jia, H., Xue, G. and Ma, C., 2017. Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms under long-term exposure to ciprofloxacin antibiotic using fluorescence excitation-emission matrix and parallel factor analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research24(15), pp.13536-13545.

4. Oun, A., Yin, Z., Munir, M. and Xagoraraki, I., 2017. Microbial pollution characterization of water and sediment at two beaches in Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research43(3), pp.64-72.

3. Gao, P., Munir, M. and Xagoraraki, I., 2012. Correlation of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics with corresponding resistance genes and resistant bacteria in a conventional municipal wastewater treatment plant. Science of the Total Environment421, pp.173-183.

2. Munir M, Wong K, Xagoraraki I. Release of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in the effluent and biosolids of five wastewater utilities in Michigan. Water research. 2011 Jan 1;45(2):681-93.

1. Munir, M. and Xagoraraki, I., 2011. Levels of antibiotic resistance genes in manure, biosolids, and fertilized soil. Journal of environmental quality40(1), pp.248-255.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

1. Barancheshme, F. and Munir, M., 2019. Development of antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants. In Antimicrobial Resistance-A Global Threat. IntechOpen. 10.5772/intechopen.81538

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