Antibiotic Resistome and Its Association with Bacterial Communities during Sewage Sludge Composting
Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Urban Environment · +1 more institution
Abstract
Composting is widely used for recycling of urban sewage sludge to improve soil properties, which represents a potential pathway of spreading antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes to soils. However, the dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and the underlying mechanisms during sewage sludge composting were not fully explored. Here, we used high-throughput quantitative PCR and 16S rRNA gene based illumina sequencing to investigate the dynamics of ARGs and bacterial communities during a lab-scale in-vessel composting of sewage sludge. A total of 156 unique ARGs and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were detected encoding resistance to almost all major classes of antibiotics. ARGs were detected with…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 28.81
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 56
Authors
7- JSJian‐Qiang SuCorresponding
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment
- BWBei Wei
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- WOWei-Ying Ouyang
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- FHFu-Yi Huang
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- YZYi Zhao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment
Topics & keywords
- Actinobacteria
- Resistome
- Compost
- Sewage sludge
- Sewage
- Firmicutes
- Biology
- Microbial population biology
- Clean water and sanitation