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pretreatment method prior to the application of sewage sludge in agriculture. Ecol Eng
127:212–219
47. Tiwari B, Ouarda Y, Drogui P, Tyagi RD, Sellamuthu B, Buelna G (2017) Review on fate and
mechanism of removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater using biological
approach. Bioresour Technol 224:1–12
48. Ding C, He J (2010) Effect of antibiotics in the environment on microbial populations. Appl
Microbiol Biotechnol 87:925–941
49. Chen Q, An X, Li H, Su J, Ma Y, Zhu YG (2016) Long-term field application of sewage sludge
increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil. Environ Int 93:1–10
50. Jeong CH, Machek EJ, Shakeri M, Duirk SE, Ternes TA, Richardson SD, Wagner ED, Plewa
MJ (2017) The impact of iodinated X-ray contrast agents on formation and toxicity of
disinfection by-products in drinking water. J Environ Sci (China) 58:173–182
51. Venkatesan AK, Halden RU (2013) National inventory of perfluoroalkyl substances in
archived U.S. biosolids from the 2001 EPA National Sewage Sludge Survey. J Hazard
Mater 253:413–418
52. Chouari R, Le Paslier D, Daegelen P, Ginestet P, Weissenbach J, Sghir A (2005) Novel
predominant archaeal and bacterial groups revealed by molecular analysis of an anaerobic
sludge digester. Environ Microbiol 7:1104–1115
53. Chouari R, Leonard M, Bouali M, Guermazi S, Rahli N, Zrafi I, Morin L, Sghir A (2017)
Eukaryotic molecular diversity at different steps of the wastewater treatment plant process
reveals more phylogenetic novel lineages. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 33:017–2217
54. Matsunaga K, Kubota K, Harada H (2014) Molecular diversity of eukaryotes in municipal
wastewater treatment processes as revealed by 18S rRNA gene analysis. Microbes Environ
29:401–407
55. Assress HA, Selvarajan R, Nyoni H, Ntushelo K, Mamba BB, Msagati TAM (2019) Diversity,
co-occurrence and implications of fungal communities in wastewater treatment plants. Sci Rep
9(1):14056
56. Dabrowska J, Zdybel J, Karamon J, Kochanowski M, Stojecki K, Cencek T, Klapec T (2014)
Assessment of viability of the nematode eggs (Ascaris, Toxocara, Trichuris) in sewage sludge
with the use of LIVE/DEAD bacterial viability kit. Ann Agric Environ Med 21:35–41
57. Hall A, Hewitt G, Tuffrey V, De Silva N (2008) A review and meta-analysis of the impact of
intestinal worms on child growth and nutrition. Matern Child Nutr 4:118–236
58. Jardim-Botelho A, Raff S, De Ávila Rodrigues R, Hoffman HJ, Diemert DJ, CorrêaOliveira R, Bethony JM, Gazzinelli MF (2008) Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infection
and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in Brazilian schoolchildren.
Tropical Med Int Health 13:994–1004
59. Filice FP (1952) Studies on the cytology and life history of a Giardia from the laboratory rat.
University of California Press, Berkeley
60. Amoros I, Moreno Y, Reyes M, Moreno-Mesonero L, Alonso JL (2016) Prevalence of
Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in raw and treated sewage sludges. Environ
Technol 37:2898–2904
61. Beier CL, Horn M, Michel R, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Wagner M (2002) The genus
Caedibacter comprises endosymbionts of Paramecium spp. related to the Rickettsiales
(Alphaproteobacteria) and to Francisella tularensis (Gammaproteobacteria). Appl Environ
Microbiol 68:6043–6050
62. Horn M, Harzenetter MD, Linner T, Schmid EN, Müller K-D, Michel R, Wagner M (2001)
Members of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides phylum as intracellular bacteria of
acanthamoebae: proposal of Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus. Environ Microbiol
3:440–449
76
E. Ammar et al.