ArticleThe Science of the total environment2020
Removal of antibiotic resistance genes in an algal-based wastewater treatment system employing Galdieria sulphuraria: A comparative study.
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Abstract
In this study, we compared removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in two wastewater treatment systems fed with the same primary effluent: a conventional wastewater treatment system (consisting of a trickling filter followed by an activated sludge process) versus an algal-based system, employing an extremophilic alga, Galdieria sulphuraria. Our results demonstrated that the algal system can reduce concentrations of erythromycin- and sulfamethoxazole-resistant bacteria in the effluent more effectively than the conventional treatment system. A decreasing trend of total bacteria and ARGs was observed in both the treatment systems. However, the relative ratio of most ARGs (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, sul1) and intI1 in the surviving bacteria increased in the conventional system; whereas, the algal system reduced more of the relative abundance of qnrA, qnrS, tetW and intⅠ1 in the surviving bacteria. The role of bacteriophages in horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of ARGs in the two systems was indicated by a positive correlation between ARG absolute abundance in bacteriophage and ARG relative abundance in the bacteria. Four of the five detectable genes (qnrS, tetW, sul1 and intI1) were significantly reduced in the algal system in bacteriophage phase which signified a decrease in phage-mediated ARG transfer in the algal system. Results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of the algal-based wastewater treatment system in decreasing ARGs and ARB and in minimizing the spread of antibiotic resistance to the environment.
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