Desalination brine discharge poses emerging threats to benthic marine organisms through combined salinity stress and metal contamination. This study investigated the individual and combined effects of salinity (35 ppt) and metal exposure (Cu, Fe, and Cd) on the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus...
The totality of environmental exposures and lifestyle factors, commonly referred to as the exposome, are poorly understood. Measuring the myriad of chemicals that humans are exposed to is immensely challenging and identifying disrupted metabolic pathways is even more complex. Here, we present a n...
Arsenic is the most prevalent toxic metalloid in environment. Evidence of mouse models (germ-free or antibiotic treatment) indicates the gut microbiota’s involvement in the metabolism of ingested arsenic. Linking genes to gut microbial arsenic metabolism with altered toxicity and lifetime in the ...