Composting temperature directly affects the removal of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in livestock manure

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The high antibiotic resistance gene (ARGs) contents in livestock manure pose a potential risk to environment and human health. The heap composting with an ambient temperature and thermophilic composting are two methods for converting livestock manure into fertilizer. This study investigated the variations in ARGs and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) and revealed potential mechanisms for ARGs removal using the two composting methods. The ARGs abundance were enriched by 44-fold in heap composting, among them, the macrolide-resistance genes increased significantly. On the contrary, the ARGs were removed by 92% in thermophilic composting, among them, tetracycline-resistance genes decreased by 97%. The bacterial hosts of ARGs were associated with the variations of ARGs and MGEs. The tetO was correlated with the most diverse bacteria in heap composting, and Bacteroidetes was the major host bacteria. While tetT was correlated with the most diverse bacteria in thermophilic composting, and Proteobacteria was the major host bacteria. Structural equation models showed that the enrichment of ARGs in heap composting was mainly correlated with bacterial communities, whereas, the removal of ARGs in thermophilic composting was directly affect by MGEs. Composting temperature directly affected the variations in ARGs. Higher and lower temperatures significantly decreased and increased, respectively, ARGs and MGEs abundance levels.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:303

Enthalten in:

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 303(2022) vom: 15. Juni, Seite 119174

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Guoying [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Yilin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ruonan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Liqiong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guoxue [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Jing [VerfasserIn]

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ARGs
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial communities
Composting
Journal Article
MGEs
Manure
Temperature

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Date Completed 12.04.2022

Date Revised 12.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119174

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NLM338366180