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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2021

On-Farm Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure Reduces the Abundance of Antibiotic Resistance-Associated Gene Targets and the Potential for Plasmid Transfer.

Tam T Tran, Andrew Scott, Yuan-Ching Tien, Roger Murray, Patrick Boerlin, David L Pearl, Kira Liu, James Robertson, John H E Nash, Edward Topp

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tam T TranLondon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada.
Andrew ScottLondon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada.
Yuan-Ching TienLondon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada.
Roger MurrayLondon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada.
Patrick BoerlinDepartment of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
David L PearlDepartment of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Kira LiuNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
James RobertsonNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
John H E NashNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Edward ToppLondon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · CAPublic Health Agency of Canada · CAUniversity of Guelph · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institute of Health Research 155232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigated the impact of on-farm anaerobic digestion on the abundance of enteric bacteria, antibiotic resistance-associated gene targets, and the horizontal transfer potential of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes. Samples of raw and digested manure were obtained from six commercial dairy farms in Ontario, Canada. Digestion significantly abated populations of viable coliforms in all six farms. Conjugative transfer of plasmids carrying β-lactamase genes from manure bacteria enriched overnight with buffered peptone containing 4 mg/liter cefotaxime into a β-lactam-sensitive green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled Escherichia coli recipient strain was evaluated in patch matings. Digestion significantly decreased the frequency of the horizontal transfer of ESBL genes. Twenty-five transconjugants were sequenced, revealing six distinct plasmids, ranging in size from 40 to 180 kb. A variety of ESBL genes were identified:

Indexed as

ManureAnaerobiosisAnimalsBacteriaCattleDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, MicrobialFarmsFemaleGenes, BacterialGene Transfer, HorizontalGenotypePhenotypePlasmidsDNA, BacterialManureanaerobic digestionantibiotic resistancedairy manureextended-spectrum β-lactamase genesplasmid conjugation

Identifiers

PMID33931422
PMCPMC8231723
OpenAlexW3158569162

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