Fate of antibiotic and metal resistance genes during two-phase anaerobic digestion of residue sludge revealed by metagenomic approach

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 25; no. 14; pp. 13956 - 13963
• Main Authors: Wu, Ying, Cui, Erping, Zuo, Yiru, Cheng, Weixiao, Chen, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Anaerobic digestion; Anaerobic treatment; Anaerobiosis; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; Antibiotics; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial - genetics; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Genes; Genes, Bacterial - drug effects; genetic databases; Heavy metals; interspersed repetitive sequences; Metagenomics; metal tolerance; Metals, Heavy - adverse effects; methanogens; Microbial activity; microbial communities; Microorganisms; Research Article; Sewage - chemistry; Sewage - microbiology; Sludge; Sludge digestion; Sludge treatment; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Waste Water Technology; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Metagenomic analysis; Metal resistance genes; Two-phase anaerobic digestion; Antibiotic resistance genes

The prevalence and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is of growing interest, and residual sludge is among the main sources for the release of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Moreover, heavy metals concentrated in dense microbial communities of slud...