metagenomic profiles of antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge, dewatered sludge and bioaerosols

metagenomic profiles of antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge, dewatered sludge and bioaerosols

;Il Han;Keunje Yoo
Journal of food biochemistry 2020 Vol. 12 pp. 1516-
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han2020watermetagenomic

Abstract

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been considered hotspots for the development and dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the environment. Although researchers have reported a significant increase in bioaerosols in WWTPs, the associated bacterial taxa, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) remain relatively unknown. In this study, we have investigated the abundance and occurrences of ARGs and MGEs, as well as the bacterial community compositions in activated sludge (AS), dewatered sludge (DS) and bioaerosols (BA) in a WWTP. In total, 153 ARG subtypes belonging to 19 ARG types were identified by the broad scanning of metagenomic profiles obtained using Illumina HiSeq. The results indicated that the total occurrences and abundances of ARGs in AS and DS samples were significantly higher than those in BA samples (p < 0.05). However, some specific ARG types related to sulfonamide, tetracycline, macrolide resistance were present in relatively high abundance in BA samples. Similar to many other full-scale WWTPs, the Proteobacteria (58%) and Bacteroidetes (18%) phyla were dominant in the AS and DS samples, while the Firmicutes (25%) and Actinobacteria (20%) phyla were the most dominant in the BA samples. Although the abundance of genes related to plasmids and integrons in bioaerosols were two to five times less than those in AS and DS samples, different types of MGEs were observed in BA samples. These results suggest that comprehensive analyses of resistomes in BA are required to better understand the emergence of both ARGs and MGEs in the wastewater treatment process due to the significant increase of scientific attention toward bioaerosols effects.

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