Temporal Dynamics and Contribution of Phage Community to the Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Full-Scale Sludge Anaerobic Digestion Plant

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important biological resource recovery process, where microorganisms play key roles for material transformation. There has been some knowledge about the prokaryotic community and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in AD, but there has been very limited knowledge of phages. In this study, samples from a full-scale AD plant were collected over 13 months, sequenced, and analyzed for viral and prokaryotic metagenomes. Totally, 3015 viral operational taxonomic units (vOTUs) were detected, mostly assigned to Caudoviricetes. The phage community had faster temporal variation than the prokaryotic community. Warm seasons harbored a higher abundance of both temperate phages and broad host-range phages. Seven ARGs of 6 subtypes were carried by 20 vOTUs, a representative ermT gene was synthesized and expressed, and the resistance activity in the host was examined, confirming the real activity of virus-carried ARGs in the AD process. Some of the ARGs were horizontally transferred between the phage and prokaryotic genomes. However, phage infection was not found to contribute to ARG transfer. This study provided an insight into the ecological patterns of the phage community, confirmed the antibiotic resistance activity of virus-carried ARGs, evaluated the contribution of phages on the ARG prevalence, and laid the foundation for the control strategies of the community and antibiotic resistance in the AD process.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Environmental science & technology - 58(2024), 14 vom: 09. Apr., Seite 6296-6304

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Chenyang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tianle [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Zhengran [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Xianghua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anaerobic digestion
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotic resistance genes
Journal Article
Sewage
Temporal turnover
Transduction
Viral metagenomes

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Date Completed 10.04.2024

Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.est.4c00712

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370465105