Ozonation enables to suppress horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in microbial communities during swine manure composting

• Published in: Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) Vol. 462; p. 142218
• Main Authors: Fu, Qiqi, Chen, Zhiqiang, Yu, Zhigang, Wu, Yiqi, Bao, Huanyu, Guo, Jianhua, Wen, Qinxue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.04.2023
• Subjects: Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); Composting; Conjugation; Horizontal gene transfer (HGT); Ozone; Horizontal gene transfer (HGT); Ozone; Composting; Conjugation; Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)

[Display omitted] •Contribution of intra- and extracellular ARGs to their rebounding was distinguished.•Extracellular ARGs were more persistent than most targeted intracellular ARGs.•Microbes’ transformation frequencies kept high disregarding low MGEs abundance.•HGT possibility may be underestimated...