ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
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2021
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IF 0
Mi Li,Xiaoyu Xiao,Zhangsong Jiang,Haihui Tang,Lingling Rong,Tiao Zhang,Taijia Li,Cui Hu,Ligui Wu,Xiaoming Zou
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging environmental pollutants, and the effect of both abiotic (e.g., anthropogenic pollutants such as sulfonamides (SAs)) and biotic (e.g., microbial community (taxonomy), mobile genetic elements (MGEs)) factors on the antibiotic resistome (collection of ARGs) has received much attention recently. In addition, function (e.g., CAZy, eggNOG and KEGG) is also an important biotic factor; however, how function correlates to ARGs and thus contributes to the antibiotic resistome remains ambiguous. This work explores the effect of sulfonamides (SAs) on ARGs and MGEs by a metagenomic analysis, a principal component analysis (PCA), and a nonmetric multidimensional scaling analysis (NMDS). Then, the work establishes a correlation between ARGs and function with a co-occurrence network and reveals the contribution and positive (negative)/direct (indirect) effect of taxonomy, MGEs, and function to the antibiotic resistome by variation partitioning analysis (VPA) and partial least-squares-path modeling (PLS-PM). The results show that the soil has diverse ARGs and several MGEs and SAs impose significant effects on them. Further, CAZy, eggNOG, and KEGG (including pathway and orthology) show strong and significant correlation with ARGs on the basis of the co-occurrence network; however, in our system it seems that only the KEGG pathway promotes the interpretation of ARGs and should be regarded as the priority function on considering the role of function in structuring the antibiotic resistome. This work reveals the importance and necessity of function as a biotic factor in shaping the antibiotic resistome in diverse resistome-related fields.
研究领域:
环境科学
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微生物学
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基因组学
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生态学
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 9.028
Ruilong Li,Longji Zhu,Kai Yang,Hongzhe Li,Yong-Guan Zhu,Li Cui
Microplastics (MPs) are becoming ubiquitous in environments and viewed as carriers of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Rivers connecting differently urbanized areas contribute a significant input of MPs and ARGs to the environment. However, a systematic study assessing the role of urbanization in shaping antibiotic resistome and mobilome in riverine MPs is lacking. Here, we conducted a large-scale study by placing five types of MPs (polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene-fiber, and polyethylene-fiber-polyethylene) into Beilun River with an urbanization gradient. A total of 314 ARGs and 57 mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were detected in MPs by high-throughput quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The ARGs in MPs showed a clear spatial distribution with the abundance increased by 2 orders of magnitude from rural to urban regions. A holistic analysis of 13 socioeconomic and environmental factors identified that urbanization predominantly contributed to both the abundance and potential MGE-mediated dissemination of ARGs in riverine MPs. Notably, MPs types were found to significantly affect the resistome and dissemination risk of ARGs, with polypropylene being the preferred substrates to acquire and spread ARGs. This work highlights the necessity of controlling MPs and ARGs pollution in urban areas and provides an important guide for the future usage and disposal of plastics.
研究领域:
环境科学
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微生物学
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生态毒理学
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公共卫生
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PubMed
高影响因子
WATER RESEARCH
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2020
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IF 9.13
Kaifeng Yu,Peng Li,Yiliang He,Bo Zhang,Yihan Chen,Jinghan Yang
Serious concerns have been raised regarding antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) with respect to their potential threat to human health. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been considered to be hotspots for ARGs. In this study, high-throughput quantitative polymerase chain reaction (HT-qPCR) was used to profile size-dependent ARGs and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) divided by particle-associated (PA) assemblages (>3.0-μm), free-living (FL) bacteria (0.2 - 3.0-μm) and cell-free (CF) DNA (< 0.2-μm) in two full-scale WWTPs (plants A and B) and a receiving stream. The results revealed that FL-ARGs were predominant in WWTPs and the receiving stream, especially in the final effluent of both plants. More than 40 types of CF-ARGs and CF-MGEs were detected with absolute abundances ranging from 6.0 ± 0.7 × 10 5 to 1.0 ± 0.2 × 10 8 copies/mL in wastewater, and relatively high abundances were also detected in the final effluent of the two plants, suggesting that CF-ARGs were important sources spreading from the WWTPs to the receiving environment. Plant A exhibited higher log-removal of size-fractionated ARGs and MGEs than was observed for plant B, which was attributed to the enhanced settleability of PA assemblages and FL bacteria by additional macrophytes and chemical coagulants. Ultraviolet disinfection had limited effects on ARGs and MGEs of the PA and FL fractions, which was probably ascribed to the protective matrices of the particles and cell walls. The bacterial communities of the two plants were significantly different among the size fractions ( p < 0.01). The variation partitioning analysis (VPA) indicated that the microbial community structures and MGEs contributed a variation of 68.2% in total to the relative abundance changes of size-fractionated ARGs. Procrustes analyses and Mantel tests showed that the relative abundances of ARGs were significantly correlated with bacterial community structures. These results suggested that the bacterial community structures and MGEs might have been the main drivers of the size-fractionated ARG disseminations. This study provides novel insights into size-fractionated ARGs and MGEs in full-scale WWTPs and may lead to the identification of key targets to control the spread of ARGs.
研究领域:
环境微生物学
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水处理工程
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分子生态学
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PubMed
高影响因子
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
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2025
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IF 7.7
Huan-Qin Li,Wen-Lei Wang,Ying-Jia Shen,Jian-Qiang Su
Microplastics (MPs) are critical vectors for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); however, the prevalence and ecological risks of high-risk ARGs in mangrove ecosystems—globally vital yet understudied coastal habitats—remain poorly understood. To address this gap, this study investigated polyethylene, polystyrene, and polyvinyl chloride incubated in mangrove sediments for one month, focusing on high-risk ARGs, virulence gene (VGs), and pathogenic antibiotic-resistant bacteria within the mangrove plastisphere. High-throughput PCR and metagenomic analyses revealed that high-risk ARGs, VGs, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were significantly enriched on MPs compared to surrounding sediments. Pathogenic bacteria and MGEs were also more abundant in the plastisphere, highlighting its role as a hotspot for ARG dispersal. Metagenome-assembled genome analysis identified Pseudomonas and Bacillus as key hosts for ARGs, MGEs, and VGs, particularly multidrug resistance genes, integrase genes, and adherence factors. Notably, polystyrene harbored the highest abundance of pathogenic bacteria carrying ARGs, MGEs, and VGs, and mangrove root exudates were found to amplify horizontal gene transfer on MPs, uncovering a previously overlooked mechanism driving antibiotic resistance in coastal ecosystems. These findings not only elucidate how MPs accelerate the spread of ARGs, but also underscore the urgent need for targeted mitigation strategies to address the adverse impacts microplastic pollution on human, animal, and environmental health.
研究领域:
环境科学
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微生物学
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生态学
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基因组学
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PubMed
高影响因子
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2023
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IF 9.8
Ligui Wu,Qiaofeng Wu,Jingcheng Xu,Lingling Rong,Xiaoli Yu,Chen Cai,Xiangfeng Huang,Xiaoming Zou
The effects of antibiotics on the proliferation of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in WWTPs have drawn great attention in recent years. The effects of antibiotics on ARGs in the enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) system and its mechanisms, however, are still not well understood. In this study, EBPR systems were constructed using activated sludge to investigate the effects of ten commonly detected antibiotics in the environment on the proliferation of ARGs and the mechanisms involved. The results showed that the total abundance of ARGs increased to varying degrees with the addition of different antibiotics (0.05 mmol/L), and the top 30 ARGs increased by 271.1 % to 370.0 %. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), functional modules, and the bacteria community were consistently related to the changes in ARGs. Refractory antibiotics, in particular, have a stronger promoting effect on transduction in the EBPR system. The insertion sequence common region (ISCR) and transposon (Tnp) were identified as crucial factors in the proliferation of ARGs. Moreover, the risk of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) carrying ARGs in the presence of antibiotics should not be ignored. Our findings emphasize the potential efficacy of employing strategies that target the reduction of MGEs, regulation of cellular communication, and management of microbial communities to effectively mitigate the risks associated with ARGs.
研究领域:
环境工程
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微生物学
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污水处理
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遗传学
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PubMed
高影响因子
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