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D. G. Joakim Larsson

D. G. Joakim Larsson

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Biology and Biochemistry

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81
Citations
32640
World Ranking
3807
National Ranking
56

Overview

D. G. Joakim Larsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on antibiotic resistance, environmental science, and molecular biology, exploring the complex interactions between pharmaceuticals and microbial ecosystems.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, Larsson has contributed significantly to several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pollution
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology

The main topics of Larsson's work cover:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Larsson's publication record includes articles in multiple scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Environment International
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications

Among their recent papers are:

  • Antibiotic resistance in the environment, 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on antimicrobial resistance: 6 years later, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Twenty-year trends in antimicrobial resistance from aquaculture and fisheries in Asia, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Long-read metagenomic sequencing reveals shifts in associations of antibiotic resistance genes with mobile genetic elements from sewage to activated sludge, 2022, Microbiome
  • A framework for identifying the recent origins of mobile antibiotic resistance genes, 2021, Communications Biology

Frequent co-authors contributing to Larsson's collaborative research efforts include:

  • Carl-Fredrik Flach
  • Erik Kristiansson
  • Fanny Berglund
  • Stefan Ebmeyer
  • Heike Schmitt

In addition to journal articles, Larsson has contributed to scholarly books. A forthcoming publication with Linköping University Electronic Press is titled Mechanisms of Molecular Chaperones in Neurodegenerative Diseases, expected in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Effluent from drug manufactures contains extremely high levels of pharmaceuticals

    D.G. Joakim Larsson;Cecilia de Pedro;Nicklas Paxeus

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Murray A. Rudd;Bryan W. Brooks;Daniel J. Caldwell

  • Antibiotic resistance in the environment.

    D G Joakim Larsson;Carl-Fredrik Flach

  • Contamination of surface, ground, and drinking water from pharmaceutical production.

    Jerker Fick;Hanna Söderström;Richard H. Lindberg;Chau Phan

  • Environmental factors influencing the development and spread of antibiotic resistance

    Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Erik Kristiansson;Erik Kristiansson;D G Joakim Larsson

  • BacMet: antibacterial biocide and metal resistance genes database

    Chandan Pal;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Christopher Rensing;Erik Kristiansson

  • Management Options for Reducing the Release of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Environment

    Amy Pruden;D.G. Joakim Larsson;Alejandro Amézquita;Peter Collignon

  • Concentrations of antibiotics predicted to select for resistant bacteria: Proposed limits for environmental regulation

    Johan Bengtsson-Palme;D.G. Joakim Larsson

  • The Scourge of Antibiotic Resistance: The Important Role of the Environment

    Rita L. Finley;Peter Collignon;D. G. Joakim Larsson;Scott A. McEwen

  • Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance.

    Nicholas J. Ashbolt;Alejandro Amézquita;Thomas Backhaus;Peter Borriello

  • Co-occurrence of resistance genes to antibiotics, biocides and metals reveals novel insights into their co-selection potential

    Chandan Pal;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Erik Kristiansson;D. G. Joakim Larsson

  • Pyrosequencing of Antibiotic-Contaminated River Sediments Reveals High Levels of Resistance and Gene Transfer Elements

    Erik Kristiansson;Erik Kristiansson;Jerker Fick;Anders Janzon;Roman Grabic

  • Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements

    Katariina Pärnänen;Antti Karkman;Antti Karkman;Jenni Hultman;Christina Lyra

  • Evolutionary Conservation of Human Drug Targets in Organisms used for Environmental Risk Assessments

    Lina-Maria Gunnarsson;Alexandra Jauhiainen;Erik Kristiansson;Olle Nerman

  • Pollution from drug manufacturing: review and perspectives.

    D. G. Joakim Larsson

  • METAXA2: improved identification and taxonomic classification of small and large subunit rRNA in metagenomic data.

    Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Martin Hartmann;Karl Martin Eriksson;Chandan Pal

  • Fecal pollution can explain antibiotic resistance gene abundances in anthropogenically impacted environments

    Antti Karkman;Antti Karkman;Katariina Pärnänen;D. G. Joakim Larsson

  • The structure and diversity of human, animal and environmental resistomes

    Chandan Pal;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Erik Kristiansson;Erik Kristiansson;D. G. Joakim Larsson

  • Metal Resistance and Its Association With Antibiotic Resistance.

    Chandan Pal;Karishma R. Asiani;Sankalp Arya;Christopher Rensing;Christopher Rensing

  • GC–MS analysis and ecotoxicological risk assessment of triclosan, carbamazepine and parabens in Indian rivers

    Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy;Govindaraj Shanmugam;Geetha Velu;Bhuvaneshwari Rengarajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Kristiansson
Erik Kristiansson Chalmers University of Technology
Jerker Fick
Jerker Fick Umeå University
Lars Förlin
Lars Förlin University of Gothenburg
Håkan Billig
Håkan Billig University of Gothenburg
Edward Topp
Edward Topp Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Edward R. B. Moore
Edward R. B. Moore University of Gothenburg
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher Rensing
Christopher Rensing Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas The University of Texas at Austin

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