Variation and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and their potential hosts in microbial electrolysis cells treating sewage sludge

Bioresource Technology
Xiangyu Zhang, Ruying Li

Abstract

Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) system is an emerging pollution control technology. However, information on the variation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in MECs treating sewage sludge is still very limited. In this study, the fate of ARGs and their correlation with microbes in MECs under different applied voltages (0-1.5 V) were studied. Most target ARGs were effectively removed, but tetB, tetM and tetQ were enriched up to 2.05 log units in suspended sludge. Most ARGs were mainly distributed on electrodes, except tetQ and tetM enriched in suspended sludge. The selective pressure of residual antibiotics in the sewage sludge was negligible. Horizontal gene transfer was validated for the spread of sul1, sul2, tetA and tetC in MECs. Network analysis revealed that the potential hosts of ARGs mainly belonged to Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Some genera related to electron transfer were newly found to be the potential ARGs hosts in MECs.

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Jun 1, 2012·BMC Bioinformatics·Ye DengJizhong Zhou
Jun 19, 2019·Bioresource Technology·Shouvik SahaSean S Lee

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