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Zhou Z, Huang F, Chen L, Liu F, Wang B, Tang J. Effects of antibiotics on microbial nitrogen cycling and N 2O emissions: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 357:142034. [PMID: 38615962 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Sulfonamides, quinolones, tetracyclines, and macrolides are the most prevalent classes of antibiotics used in both medical treatment and agriculture. The misuse of antibiotics leads to their extensive dissemination in the environment. These antibiotics can modify the structure and functionality of microbial communities, consequently impacting microbial-mediated nitrogen cycling processes including nitrification, denitrification, and anammox. They can change the relative abundance of nirK/norB contributing to the emission of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. This review provides a comprehensive examination of the presence of these four antibiotic classes across different environmental matrices and synthesizes current knowledge of their effects on the nitrogen cycle, including the underlying mechanisms. Such an overview is crucial for understanding the ecological impacts of antibiotics and for guiding future research directions. The presence of antibiotics in the environment varies widely, with significant differences in concentration and type across various settings. We conducted a comprehensive review of over 70 research articles that compare various aspects including processes, antibiotics, concentration ranges, microbial sources, experimental methods, and mechanisms of influence. Antibiotics can either inhibit, have no effect, or even stimulate nitrification, denitrification, and anammox, depending on the experimental conditions. The influence of antibiotics on the nitrogen cycle is characterized by dose-dependent responses, primarily inhibiting nitrification, denitrification, and anammox. This is achieved through alterations in microbial community composition and diversity, carbon source utilization, enzyme activities, electron transfer chain function, and the abundance of specific functional enzymes and antibiotic resistance genes. These alterations can lead to diminished removal of reactive nitrogen and heightened nitrous oxide emissions, potentially exacerbating the greenhouse effect and related environmental issues. Future research should consider diverse reaction mechanisms and expand the scope to investigate the combined effects of multiple antibiotics, as well as their interactions with heavy metals and other chemicals or organisms.
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- Zikun Zhou
- MOE Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Conservation of MWR, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Conservation of MWR, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, PR China.
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- College of Environment and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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Chen X, Zhu Y, Zheng W, Yan S, Li Y, Xie S. Elucidating doxycycline biotransformation mechanism by Chryseobacterium sp. WX1: Multi-omics insights. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 469:133975. [PMID: 38452667 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Doxycycline (DOX) represents a second-generation tetracycline antibiotic that persists as a challenging-to-degrade contaminant in environmental compartments. Despite its ubiquity, scant literature exists on bacteria proficient in DOX degradation. This study marked a substantial advancement in this field by isolating Chryseobacterium sp. WX1 from an activated sludge enrichment culture, showcasing its unprecedented ability to completely degrade 50 mg/L of DOX within 44 h. Throughout the degradation process, seven biotransformation products were identified, revealing a complex pathway that began with the hydroxylation of DOX, followed by a series of transformations. Employing an integrated multi-omics approach alongside in vitro heterologous expression assays, our study distinctly identified the tetX gene as a critical facilitator of DOX hydroxylation. Proteomic analyses further pinpointed the enzymes postulated to mediate the downstream modifications of DOX hydroxylation derivatives. The elucidated degradation pathway encompassed several key biological processes, such as the microbial transmembrane transport of DOX and its intermediates, the orchestration of enzyme synthesis for transformation, energy metabolism, and other gene-regulated biological directives. This study provides the first insight into the adaptive biotransformation strategies of Chryseobacterium under DOX-induced stress, highlighting the potential applications of this strain to augment DOX removal in wastewater treatment systems containing high concentrations of DOX.
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- Xiuli Chen
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences (SCIES), Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Ngeno E, Ongulu R, Orata F, Matovu H, Shikuku V, Onchiri R, Mayaka A, Majanga E, Getenga Z, Gichumbi J, Ssebugere P. Endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater treatment plants in Kenya, East Africa: Concentrations, removal efficiency, mass loading rates and ecological impacts. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 237:117076. [PMID: 37683795 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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This study investigated the levels, mass loadings, removal efficiency, and associated ecotoxicological risks of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), namely, dibutylphthalate (DBP), diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), dimethylphthalate (DMP), linuron (LNR) and progesterone (PGT) in wastewater, sludge, and untreated dry biosolid (UDBS) samples from twelve wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in nine major towns in Kenya. Analysis was done using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). All the wastewater influents had quantifiable levels of EDCs with DBP being the most abundant (37.49%) with a range of 4.33 ± 0.63 to 19.68 ± 1.24 μg L-1. DEHP was the most abundant in sludge and accounted for 48.2% ranging between 278.67 and 9243.49 ng g-1 dry weight (dw). In the UDBS samples, DEHP was also the most abundant (40%) of the total EDCs detected with levels ranging from 78.77 to 3938.54 ng g-1 dw. The average removal efficiency per pollutant was as follows: DMP (98.7%) > DEHP (91.7%) > PGT (83.4%) > DBP (77.9%) > LNR (72.2%) which can be attributed to sorption onto the biosolid, biological degradation, photolysis, and phytoremediation. The pH was negatively correlated to the EDC concentrations while total dissolved solids (TDS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), and electrical conductivity (EC) were positively correlated. The mass loadings were as high as 373.33 g day-1 of DBP in the treatment plants located in densely populated cities. DEHP and PGT had their Risk Quotients (RQs) > 1, posing a high risk to biota. DMP, DBP, and LNR posed medium risks as their RQ values were between 0.1 and 1. EDCs are therefore loaded to environmental compartments through either the effluent that loads these pollutants into the receiving aquatic ecosystem or through the UDBS, which are used as fertilizers in agricultural farmlands causing potential toxicological risks to aquatic and terrestrial life.
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- Emily Ngeno
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 190-50100, Kakamega, Kenya; Department of Physical Sciences, Kaimosi Friends University, P.O Box 385-50309, Kaimosi, Kenya; Department of Chemistry, Makerere University, P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 190-50100, Kakamega, Kenya
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 190-50100, Kakamega, Kenya
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- Department of Chemistry, Gulu University, P.O Box 166, Gulu, Uganda
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Kaimosi Friends University, P.O Box 385-50309, Kaimosi, Kenya
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Mombasa, P.O Box 000-80100, Mombasa, Kenya
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- Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, P.O Box 15653-00503, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Social Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 190-50100, Kakamega, Kenya
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Machakos University, P.O Box 136-90100, Machakos, Kenya
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Chuka University, P.O Box 109-60400, Chuka, Kenya
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- Department of Chemistry, Makerere University, P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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Pereira AR, de Ávila Barbosa Fonseca L, Paranhos AGDO, da Cunha CCRF, de Aquino SF, de Queiroz Silva S. Role of a typical swine liquid manure treatment plant in reducing elements of antibiotic resistance. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:91803-91817. [PMID: 37477815 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28823-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Biological treatment of swine liquid manure may be a favorable environment for the enrichment of bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), raising the alert about this public health problem. The present work sought to investigate the performance of a swine wastewater treatment plant (SWWTP), composed of a covered lagoon biodigester (CLB) followed by three facultative ponds, in the removal of usual pollutants, antibiotics, ARGs (blaTEM, ermB, qnrB, sul1, and tetA), and intI1. The SWWTP promoted a 70% of organic matter removal, mainly by the digester unit. The facultative ponds stood out in the solids' retention carried from the anaerobic stage and contributed to ammonia volatilization. The detected antibiotic in the raw wastewater was norfloxacin (< 0.79 to 60.55 μg L-1), and the SWWTP seems to equalize peaks of norfloxacin variation probably due to sludge adsorption. CLB reduced the absolute abundance of ARGs by up to 2.5 log, while the facultative stage does not seem to improve the quality of the final effluent in terms of resistance elements. Considering the relative abundances, the reduction rates of total and ARG-carrying bacteria appear to be similar. Finally, correlation tests also revealed that organic matter and solids control in liquid manure treatment systems could help reduce the spread of ARGs after the waste final disposal.
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- Andressa Rezende Pereira
- Graduate Program in Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000, Brazil.
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Liu W, Wang Y, Xia R, Ding X, Xu Z, Li G, Nghiem LD, Luo W. Occurrence and fate of antibiotics in swine waste treatment: An industrial case. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023:121945. [PMID: 37268217 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study mapped the fate of antibiotics in a swine farm with integrated waste treatment including anoxic stabilization, fixed-film anaerobic digestion, anoxic-oxic (A/O), and composting. Results show the prevalent and consistent occurrence of 12 antibiotics in swine waste. Mass balance of these antibiotics was calculated to track their flow and evaluate their removal by different treatment units. The integrated treatment train could effectively reduce antibiotic loading to the environment by 90% (measured as combined mass of all antibiotic residues). Within the treatment train, anoxic stabilization as the initial treatment step, accounted for the highest contribution (43%) to overall antibiotic elimination. Results also show that aerobic was more effective than anaerobic regarding antibiotic degradation. Composting accounted for an additional of 31% removal of antibiotics while anaerobic digestion contributed to 15%. After treatment, antibiotic residues in the treated effluent and composted materials were 2 and 8% of the initial antibiotic loading in raw swine waste, respectively. Ecological risk assessment showed negligible or low risk quotient associated with most individual antibiotics released into the aquatic environment or soil from swine farming. Nevertheless, antibiotic residues in treated water and composted materials together showed significant ecological risk to water and soil organisms. Thus, further work to improve treatment performance or develop new technologies is necessary to reduce the impact of antibiotics from swine farming.
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- Wancen Liu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Liang H, Zhang J, Hu J, Li X, Li B. Fluoroquinolone Residues in the Environment Rapidly Induce Heritable Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:4784-4795. [PMID: 36917150 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Extensive antibiotic use increases the environmental presence of their residues and may accelerate the development of antibiotic resistance, although this remains poorly understood at environmentally relevant concentrations. Herein, susceptible Escherichia coli K12 was continuously exposed to five antibiotics at such concentrations for 100 days. The de novo-evolved mutants rapidly obtained fluoroquinolone resistance within 10 days, as indicated by the 4- and 16-fold augmentation of minimum inhibitory concentrations against enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin, respectively. Moreover, the mutants maintained heritable fluoroquinolone resistance after the withdrawal of antibiotics for 30 days. Genomic analysis identified Asp87Gly or Ser83Leu substitutions in the gyrA gene in the mutants. Transcriptomics data showed that the transcriptional response of the mutants to fluoroquinolones was primarily involved in biofilm formation, cellular motility, porin, oxidative stress defense, and energy metabolism. Homologous recombination and molecular docking revealed that mutations of gyrA primarily mainly conferred fluoroquinolone resistance, while mutations at different positions of gyrA likely endowed different fluoroquinolone resistance levels. Collectively, this study revealed that environmentally relevant concentrations of antibiotics could rapidly induce heritable antibiotic resistance; therefore, the discharge of antibiotics into the environment should be rigorously controlled to prevent the development of antibiotic resistance.
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- Hebin Liang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control,Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control,Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control,Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control,Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Watanabe M, Guruge KS, Uegaki R, Kure K, Yamane I, Kobayashi S, Akiba M. Occurrence and the potential ecological risk of veterinary antimicrobials in swine farm wastewaters in Japan: Seasonal changes, relation to purchased quantity and after termination of oxytetracycline usage. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2023; 173:107812. [PMID: 36805159 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study provides the first comprehensive investigation of the residual concentrations of eight classes of antimicrobial agents (AMs, 20 compounds) in 13 swine wastewater treatment facilities in Japan. These facilities implemented the aerobic activated sludge (AS) or its alternative methods. The maximum concentrations before treatment were found at the level of 7100, 6900, 6000, 3600, 3400, and 1400 µg/L for tilmicosin, oxytetracycline (OTC), chlortetracycline, lincomycin , sulfamethoxazole, and trimethoprim, respectively. The highest detection rate (96.3%) in influents was noted for the morantel, which was a feed additive. The seasonal difference in residual concentration was much greater for tetracyclines (TCs) and macrolides (MLs) when their residual concentrations were high, especially in the cold season. There was a positive correlation between the purchased quantity of TCs and fluoroquinolones (FQs) and their residue levels detected in the effluents (p < 0.01). The estimated removal rate of AMs was greater than 80%. In contrast, on a few occasions, it was diminished due to failing operating conditions, such as water temperature and AS rate in the aeration tank. The estimated ecological risks of AMs in effluents based on risk quotients (RQs) considered to enhance the selection pressure for drug resistance (RQs-AMR) were high for TCs and FQs, whereas ecotoxicological effects (RQs-ENV) to aquatic organisms were higher for sulfonamides and MLs. When OTC usage ceased, its concentration in wastewater decreased rapidly; however, it remained longer period in the effluents, probably due to OTC desorption from the AS. The concentrations (and respective RQs) of TCs were decreased by >99.8% and >92% in the influents and effluents, respectively. This data suggested that it is essential to reduce the amount used and introduce more efficient methods and operating conditions to constantly remove AMs during the treatment to reduce the risk of AM discharge from swine farms.
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- Mafumi Watanabe
- National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan; Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-58 Rinku-oraikita, Izumisano, Osaka 598-8531, Japan.
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- National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- The Japanese Association of Swine Veterinarians (JASV), 1704-3 Nishi-Ooi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-1260, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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Bao H, Liu M, Li X, Ren N, Li J. Removal of nutrients and veterinary antibiotics from manure-free piggery wastewater in a packed-bed A/O process at normal atmospheric temperature. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2023; 44:579-590. [PMID: 34503402 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2021.1979107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A packed-bed anaerobic-aerobic reactor (PBAOR) with two anaerobic and two aerobic compartments was constructed to treat manure-free piggery wastewater which was characterized by high ammonium (NH4+-N) and low ratio of chemical oxygen demand (COD) to total nitrogen (TN). Performed for 60 days at the normal atmospheric temperature of 25 °C with a constant hydraulic retention time of 32 h and reflux ratio of 2.0, a stable state in pollutants removal was obtained in the PBAOR. Within the next routine operation process, the removal of COD, NH4+-N and TN was above 85.7%, 98.2% and 85.8%, with a residual less than 81.7, 7.2 and 39.9 mg L-1 in effluent, respectively. Twelve veterinary antibiotics classified into tetracyclines (TCs), sulphonamides (SAs) and fluoroquinolones (FQs) were detected from the piggery wastewater. The PBAOR was effective in removing TCs and SAs with an average removal of 74.8% and 93.3%, respectively, but presented a negative removal for FQs. Most COD in the piggery wastewater was mainly removed in the first two anaerobic compartments along with an obvious removal of TCs and SAs, while the TN were mainly removed in the last two aerobic compartments with the negative removal of FQs.
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- Hongxu Bao
- School of Environment, Liaoning University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Liaoning University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Zhang R, Li J, Zhou L, Zhuang H, Shen S, Wang Y. Effect of graphene and graphene oxide on antibiotic resistance genes during copper-contained swine manure anaerobic digestion. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:27863-27874. [PMID: 36394812 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23741-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Copper is an important selectors for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) transfer because of metal-antibiotic cross-resistance and/or coresistance. Due to carbon-based materials' good adsorption capacity for heavy metals, graphene and graphene oxide have great potential to reduce ARGs abundance in the environment with copper pollution. To figure out the mechanics, this study investigated the effects of graphene and graphene oxide on the succession of ARGs, mobile genetic elements (MGEs), heavy metal resistance genes (HMRGs), and bacterial communities during copper-contained swine manure anaerobic digestion. Results showed that graphene and graphene oxide could reduce ARGs abundance in varying degrees with the anaerobic reactors that contained a higher concentration of copper. Nevertheless, graphene decreased the abundance of ARGs more effectively than graphene oxide. Phylum-level bacteria such as Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, and Verrucomicrobiaat were significantly positively correlated with most ARGs. Network and redundancy analyses demonstrated that alterations in the bacterial community are one of the main factors leading to the changes in ARGs. Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Spirochaetes were enriched lower in graphene reactor than graphene oxide in anaerobic digestion products, which may be the main reason that graphene is superior to graphene oxide in reduced ARGs abundance. Additionally, ARGs were close to HMRGs than MGEs in the treatments with graphene, the opposite in graphene oxide reactors. Therefore, we speculate that the reduction of HMRGs in graphene may contribute to the result that graphene is superior to graphene oxide in reduced ARGs abundance in anaerobic digestion.
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- Ranran Zhang
- School of Environmental and Natural Resource, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, Shaanxi, China
- Recycling and Eco-Treatmentreatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Environmental and Natural Resource, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Environmental and Natural Resource, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
- Recycling and Eco-Treatmentreatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Environmental and Natural Resource, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, Shaanxi, China.
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Wu D, Sui Q, Mei X, Yu X, Gu Y, Zhao W. Non-antibiotics matter: Evidence from a one-year investigation of livestock wastewater from six farms in East China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 846:157418. [PMID: 35850340 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Livestock wastewater is an important source of pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments; however, most related studies only focused on antibiotics. This study investigated 18 pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs), including 12 antibiotics and 6 non-antibiotics, in livestock wastewater during a one-year survey of six livestock farms in East China. The results showed that four non-antibiotic PhACs-caffeine, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, gemfibrozil, and diclofenac-exhibited high detection frequencies (80% to 97%), high concentrations (median 0.43 to 3.79 μg/L), poor removal efficiencies (3% to 53%), and high environmental risks. A ranking system was developed to prioritize PhACs based on their occurrence, removal, and environmental risks in livestock wastewater; diclofenac, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, sulfamethazine, sulfadiazine, and gemfibrozil, were identified as the top five priority PhACs that should be considered first. Finally, a preliminary source apportionment protocol using four priority PhACs was proposed to trace the emission originating from treated and untreated livestock wastewater and to indicate the major contributor (cattle or swine farms) in the region. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first long-term investigation on the pollution characteristics of non-antibiotics in livestock wastewater in China, and our findings highlight the importance of considering non-antibiotics and the prioritized PhACs for the pollution control of PhACs in livestock wastewater.
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- Dongquan Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Yesigat A, Worku A, Mekonnen A, Bae W, Feyisa GL, Gatew S, Han JL, Liu W, Wang A, Guadie A. Phosphorus recovery as K-struvite from a waste stream: A review of influencing factors, advantages, disadvantages and challenges. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:114086. [PMID: 35970377 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Currently, the depletion of natural resources and contamination of the surrounding environment demand a paradigm shift to resource recycling and reuse. In this regard, phosphorus (P) is a model nutrient that possesses the negative traits of depletion (will be exhausted in the next 100 years) and environmental degradation (causes eutrophication and climate change), and this has prompted the scientific community to search for options to solve P-related problems. To date, P recovery in the form of struvite from wastewater is one viable solution suggested by many scholars. Struvite can be recovered either in the form of NH4-struvite (MgNH4PO4•6H2O) or K-struvite (MgKPO4•6H2O). From struvite, K (MgKPO4•6H2O) and N (MgNH4PO4•6H2O) are important nutrients for plant growth, but N is more abundant in the environment than K (the soil's most limited nutrient), which requires a systematic approach during P recovery. Although K-struvite recovery is a promising approach, information related to its crystallization is deficient. Here, we present the general concept of P recovery as struvite and details about K-struvite, such as the source of nutrients, factors (pH, molar ratio, supersaturation, temperature, and seeding), advantages (environmental, economic, and social), disadvantages (heavy metals, pathogenic organisms, and antibiotic resistance genes), and challenges (scale-up and acceptance). Overall, this study provides insights into state-of-the-art K-struvite recovery from wastewater as a potential slow-release fertilizer that can be used as a macronutrient (P-K-Mg) source for plants as commercial grade-fertilizers.
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- Asamin Yesigat
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, 16417, Ethiopia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, 16417, Ethiopia
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- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, 16417, Ethiopia
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- Center for Environmental Science, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch 21, Ethiopia
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, PR China
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, PR China.
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch 21, Ethiopia; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, PR China.
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Liu W, Xia R, Ding X, Cui W, Li T, Li G, Luo W. Impacts of nano-zero-valent iron on antibiotic removal by anaerobic membrane bioreactor for swine wastewater treatment. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ruan W, Wang J, Huang J, Tai Y, Wang R, Zhu W, Yang Y. The in vivo and vitro degradation of sulfonamides in wetland plants reducing phytotoxicity and environmental pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:64972-64982. [PMID: 35482241 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20395-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Aquatic plants can be used for in situ remediation of water-borne pharmaceutical compounds; however, such information and that of the potential risks of metabolites released into the environment are limited. This study determined the capacity of Canna indica and Acorus calamus used in the remediation of water-borne sulfonamides (SA). The tolerance, removal, accumulation, and biotransformation of various water-borne SAs were investigated in vivo by exposing plants to SA solutions (50 µg/L and 500 µg/L). After 28 days, C. indica removed more SAs (89.3-97.8%) than A. calamus (12.8-84.6%) and non-planted systems (8.0-69.3%). The SA removal results, except from the A. calamus system with 500 µg/L SA, fit the first-order kinetics model. The estimated half-lives of all SAs were 3-40 h and 2-60 h in the C. indica and A. calamus systems, respectively. In vivo biotransformation and rhizosphere degradation were the major phyto-removal mechanisms, constituting 24.9-81.1% and 0.0-37.1% of all SAs in the C. indica and A. calamus systems, respectively. SA acetyl metabolites were detected only in plant tissues supporting evidence for plant metabolic processes without risk into the environment. SA metabolism including oxidation, methylation, and conjugation via acetylation was potentially beneficial to accumulation and tolerate stress of antibiotic. Canna indica was more suitable for cleaning SA. Our findings better clarify the potential and low risks of phytoremediation in antibiotic-contaminated waters.
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- Weifeng Ruan
- Institute of Hydrobiology and Department of Ecology, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Guangzhou, 510632, China
- Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Department of Ecology, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Guangzhou, 510632, China
- Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Department of Ecology, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Guangzhou, 510632, China
- Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Department of Ecology, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
- Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China.
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Department of Ecology, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Guangzhou, 510632, China
- Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Department of Ecology, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Guangzhou, 510632, China
- Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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Wang J, Zhang C, Xiong L, Song G, Liu F. Changes of antibiotic occurrence and hydrochemistry in groundwater under the influence of the South-to-North Water Diversion (the Hutuo River, China). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 832:154779. [PMID: 35339547 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The occurrence of antibiotics in groundwater has significant spatial variability, owing to the complexity of pollutant properties, pollution sources and groundwater recharge and discharge conditions. This study aimed to identify the relationship between antibiotic occurrence and hydrochemistry in groundwater. Thus, we undertook this study in a characteristic alluvial-diluvial aquifer where groundwater receives unidirectional recharge from surface water. In total, 47 samples were collected from the Hutuo River before and after an artificial replenishment project. We screened up to four classes of antibiotics and detected 28 types. The statistical analysis of antibiotic concentrations, indicated that there were two pollution areas. Next, we discussed the results pertaining to the occurrence and source of antibiotics by comparing them with hydrochemical data. In the study area, a positive correlation has been found between inorganic compounds, as SO42- and Cl-, and the most mobile antibiotics given that both share the same source. This shows that a previous sound geochemical study may provide evidence of the extend of antibiotic occurrence, as in the Hutuo River aquifer. The relationship between antibiotics and hydrochemistry in groundwater is determined by recharge sources (rainwater and surface water contaminated with antibiotics). Antibiotics from wastewater treatment plants enter groundwater indirectly through surface water with high SO42- in lightly polluted areas, while in heavily polluted areas, there are high concentrations of inorganic components in garbage leachate and wastewater leakage that carry antibiotics directly into groundwater. In summarized, the relationship between antibiotics and hydrochemistry observed in this study shows that a previous sound geochemical study may provide evidence of the extend of antibiotic occurrence.
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- Jialin Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China.
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Michelon W, Matthiensen A, Viancelli A, Fongaro G, Gressler V, Soares HM. Removal of veterinary antibiotics in swine wastewater using microalgae-based process. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 207:112192. [PMID: 34634313 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Phycoremediation of swine wastewater is an attractive treatment to remove contaminants and simultaneously produce valuable feedstock biomass. However, there is a lack of information about the application of phycoremediation on veterinary antibiotic removal. Thus, this research investigated the degradation of tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline and doxycycline in swine wastewater treated with phycoremediation. The tetracyclines degradation kinetics was adjusted to the pseudo-first-order kinetics model, with kinetic constant k1 in the following: 0.36 > 0.27>0.19 > 0.18 (d-1) for tetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline, respectively. The maximum concentration of microalgae biomass (342.4 ± 20.3 mg L-1) was obtained after 11 days of cultivation, when tetracycline was completely removed. Chlortetracycline concentration decreased, generating iso-chlortetracycline and 4-epi-iso-chlortetracycline. Microalgae biomass harvested after antibiotics removal presented a carbohydrate-rich content of 52.7 ± 8.1, 50.1 ± 3.3, 51.4 ± 5.4 and 57.4 ± 10.4 (%) when cultured with tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline and doxycycline, respectively, while the control culture without antibiotics presented a carbohydrate content of 40 ± 6.5%. These results indicate that could be a valuable source for bioenergy conversion.
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- William Michelon
- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-700, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Contestado, Concórdia, SC, 89711-330, Brazil.
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-700, Brazil.
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-700, Brazil.
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Wen H, Zhu H, Yan B, Bañuelos G, Shutes B, Wang X, Cao S, Cheng R, Tian L. High removal efficiencies of antibiotics and low accumulation of antibiotic resistant genes obtained in microbial fuel cell-constructed wetlands intensified by sponge iron. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 806:150220. [PMID: 34560453 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Using microbial fuel cells with constructed wetlands (MFC-CWs) for eliminating antibiotics has recently attracted extensive attention. However, antibiotic removal efficiencies in MFC-CWs must be enhanced, and the accumulation of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) remains an unmanageable issue. This study tries to enhance the antibiotic removal in synthetic wastewater and reduce ARGs by adding sponge iron (s-Fe0) and calcium peroxide to the anode and cathode of MFC-CWs, respectively, and/or simultaneously. The results demonstrated that adding s-Fe0 and calcium peroxide to MFC-CWs could improve the removal efficiencies of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and tetracycline (TC) by 0.8-1.3% and 6.0-8.7%. Therein, s-Fe0 also significantly reduced 84.10-94.11% and 49.61-60.63% of total sul and tet genes, respectively. Furthermore, s-Fe0 improved the voltage output, power density, columbic efficiency, and reduced the internal resistance of reactors. The intensification to the electrode layers posed a significant effect on the microbial community composition and functions, which motivated the shift of antibiotic removal, accumulation of ARGs and bioelectricity generation in MFC-CWs. Given the overall performance of MFC-CWs, adding s-Fe0 to the anode region of MFC-CWs was found to be an effective strategy for removing antibiotics and reducing the accumulation of ARGs.
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- Huiyang Wen
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648-9757, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun 130102, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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Sun S, Shen J, Li D, Li B, Sun X, Ma L, Qi H. A new insight into the ARG association with antibiotics and non-antibiotic agents-antibiotic resistance and toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 293:118524. [PMID: 34793916 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Although concerns have been raised about co-selection for antibiotic resistance and various antibiotics and non-antibiotic agents, the data on their association in urban sludge is still limited. In addition, antibiotic contamination can result in not only the toxicity but also the antibiotic resistance. In this study, the first large-scale identification of antibiotics and non-antibiotic agents concern for co-selection of resistance against antibiotics was conducted in urban sludge. Co-occurrence analysis showed that antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) had no significant correlation with the corresponding antibiotics. Therefore, the results of co-occurrence analysis based on antibiotic concentration and ARG abundance were always ambiguous and difficult to interpret. However, antibiotic resistance was positively correlated with highly toxic compounds such as diclofenac, enrofloxacin and nicotine, suggesting that environmental contaminants might influence antibiotic resistance while exerting toxicity through mechanisms such as changes in microbial community and enzyme activity. The close correlation between class 1 integrase gene (intI1) and diclofenac/enrofloxacin indicated that the co-selection scenario between environmental contaminants and ARGs was likely mediated via intI1. In total, the derived co-occurrence patterns improve our understanding of the co-selection between ARGs, antibiotics and non-antibiotic agents, and also reaffirm the importance of potential role of non-antibiotic agents in the global spread of antibiotic resistance.
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- Shaojing Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China.
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A Review on Constructed Treatment Wetlands for Removal of Pollutants in the Agricultural Runoff. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su132413578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Constructed wetland (CW) is a popular sustainable best management practice for treating different wastewaters. While there are many articles on the removal of pollutants from different wastewaters, a comprehensive and critical review on the removal of pollutants other than nutrients that occur in agricultural field runoff and wastewater from animal facilities, including pesticides, insecticides, veterinary medicine, and antimicrobial-resistant genes are currently unavailable. Consequently, this paper summarized recent findings on the occurrence of such pollutants in the agricultural runoff water, their removal by different wetlands (surface flow, subsurface horizontal flow, subsurface vertical flow, and hybrid), and removal mechanisms, and analyzed the factors that affect the removal. The information is then used to highlight the current research gaps and needs for resilient and sustainable treatment systems. Factors, including contaminant property, aeration, type, and design of CWs, hydraulic parameters, substrate medium, and vegetation, impact the removal performance of the CWs. Hydraulic loading of 10–30 cm/d and hydraulic retention of 6–8 days were found to be optimal for the removal of agricultural pollutants from wetlands. The pollutants in agricultural wastewater, excluding nutrients and sediment, and their treatment utilizing different nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, are understudied, implying the need for more of such studies. This study reinforced the notion that wetlands are effective for treating agricultural wastewater (removal > 90%) but several research questions remain unanswered. More long-term research in the actual field utilizing environmentally relevant concentrations to seek actual impacts of weather, plants, substrates, hydrology, and other design parameters, such as aeration and layout of wetland cells on the removal of pollutants, are needed.
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Tracking macrolides, sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, and tetracyclines in sludge treatment wetlands during loading and resting periods. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lee HJ, Kim DW, Chung EG. Strong links between load and manure and a comprehensive risk assessment of veterinary antibiotics with low K OW in intensive livestock farming watersheds. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 279:130902. [PMID: 34134438 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Various veterinary antibiotics (VAs) are used in large quantities as an essential component for intensive livestock farming, and can flow into the environment from various pollution sources. In this study, VAs in surface water and groundwater in the Gwangcheon stream watershed, an intensive livestock farming area in Korea, were analyzed using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatograph-quadrupole orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometer with online solid phase extraction. Although the selected VAs are relatively mobile and have low KOW values it is significant to assess their fates and ecological risks in the environment. The concentration of VAs in the surface water was higher than that in groundwater by approximately 23-fold, indicating that the former were directly introduced from pollution sources such as livestock manure. An analysis of the correlation between livestock manure production and the residuals of VAs in the stream showed a high linearity (R2 > 0.70), confirming that livestock excreta significantly contributed to the VAs in the watershed. A combined evaluation of environmental behaviors and ecological risks of VAs was performed for the first time using persistence, bioaccumulation potential, and toxicity properties and risk quotient values of VAs. Trimethoprim showed persistence and a potential impact on the ecosystem. The cumulative risk quotient values at one sampling point exceeded 1 indicating that several VAs can cumulatively cause local risk. The risk assessment method considering pollution sources, different locations, and correlation analysis applied in this study will be useful in evaluating the impacts of trace pollutants in watersheds.
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- Hyun-Jeoung Lee
- Department of Water Environment Research, National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Hwangyoung-ro 42, Seo-gu, Incheon, 22689, South Korea
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- Department of Water Environment Research, National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Hwangyoung-ro 42, Seo-gu, Incheon, 22689, South Korea
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- Department of Water Environment Research, National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Hwangyoung-ro 42, Seo-gu, Incheon, 22689, South Korea.
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Xue J, Wu J, Hu Y, Sha C, Yao S, Li P, Lin K, Cui C. Occurrence of heavy metals, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes in different kinds of land-applied manure in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:40011-40021. [PMID: 33768462 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13307-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Various pollutants remaining in the livestock and poultry manures pose potential threat to the soil ecosystem during land application, whose impact should be appreciated. The occurrence of heavy metals, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in swine manure (SM), chicken manure (CM), and the SM organic fertilizer (OF) were investigated. The order of total concentrations of antibiotics detected in manures was as follows: SM > CM > OF. The amount of ciprofloxacin (CIP) in SM reached up to 6.61 mg/kg, which only occupied 1% of the antibiotic concentration reported in the past years. The total concentration of thirteen ARGs in CM ranked first, reaching 7.35 × 1011 copies/g, among which the strB gene was detected with the highest concentration. It was worth noting that the qnr ARGs were persistent in OF with the absence of corresponding antibiotics, indicating ARGs were harder to remove than antibiotics during manure composting. Zn and Cu (46.5-843 mg/kg) were obviously higher than other seven heavy metals, and significantly correlated with most ARGs (p < 0.01). This study provided the basic data of the pollution in animal manures that will be land-applied, illuminating the original source of potential risk in soil ecosystem.
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- Jiajia Xue
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, 508 Qinzhou Road, Shanghai, 200233, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, 508 Qinzhou Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Renmin North Road, Shanghai, 201600, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Wen H, Zhu H, Xu Y, Yan B, Shutes B, Bañuelos G, Wang X. Removal of sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline in constructed wetlands integrated with microbial fuel cells influenced by influent and operational conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 272:115988. [PMID: 33218779 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Constructed wetlands integrated with microbial fuel cells (MFC-CWs) have been recently developed and tested for removing antibiotics. However, the effects of carbon source availability, electron transfer flux and cathode conditions on antibiotics removal in MFC-CWs through co-metabolism remained unclear. In this study, four experiments were conducted in MFC-CW microcosms to investigate the influence of carbon source species and concentrations, external resistance and aeration duration on sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and tetracycline (TC) removal and bioelectricity generation performance. MFC-CWs supplied with glucose as carbon source outperformed other carbon sources, and moderate influent glucose concentration (200 mg L-1) resulted in the best removal of both SMX and TC. Highest removal percentages of SMX (99.4%) and TC (97.8%) were obtained in MFC-CWs with the external resistance of 700 Ω compared to other external resistance treatments. SMX and TC removal percentages in MFC-CWs were improved by 4.98% and 4.34%, respectively, by increasing the aeration duration to 12 h compared to no aeration. For bioelectricity generation performance, glucose outperformed sodium acetate, sucrose and starch, with the highest voltages of 386 ± 20 mV, maximum power density (MPD) of 123.43 mW m-3, and coulombic efficiency (CE) of 0.273%. Increasing carbon source concentrations from 100 to 400 mg L-1, significantly (p < 0.05) increased the voltage and MPD, but decreased the internal resistance and CE. The highest MPD was obtained when the external resistance (700 Ω) was close to the internal resistance (600.11 Ω). Aeration not only improved the voltage and MPD, but also reduced the internal resistance. This study demonstrates that carbon source species and concentrations, external resistances and aeration duration, all play vital roles in regulating SMX and TC removal in MFC-CWs.
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- Huiyang Wen
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Songliao Aquatic Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin Jianzhu University, 5088 Xincheng Street, Changchun, 130118, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China.
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA, 93648-9757, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China.
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Cheng D, Ngo HH, Guo W, Chang SW, Nguyen DD, Liu Y, Liu Y, Deng L, Chen Z. Evaluation of a continuous flow microbial fuel cell for treating synthetic swine wastewater containing antibiotics. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 756:144133. [PMID: 33279188 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems are promising technologies for wastewater treatment and renewable energy generation simultaneously. Performance of a double-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) to treat synthetic swine wastewater containing sulfonamide antibiotics (SMs) was evaluated in this study. The MFC was operated in continuous modes at different conditions. Results indicated that the current was successfully generated during the operation. The performance of MFC under the sequential anode-cathode operating mode is better than that under the single continuous running mode. Specifically, higher removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (>90%) was achieved under the sequential anode-cathode operating mode in comparison with that in the single continuous mode (>80%). Nutrients were also be removed in the MFC's cathode chamber with the maximum removal efficiency of 66.6 ± 1.4% for NH4+-N and 32.1 ± 2.8% for PO43--P. Meanwhile, SMs were partly removed in the sequential anode-cathode operating with the value in a range of 49.4%-59.4% for sulfamethoxazole, 16.8%-19.5% for sulfamethazine and 14.0%-16.3% for sulfadiazine, respectively. SMs' inhibition to remove other pollutants in both electrodes of MFC was observed after SMs exposure, suggesting that SMs exert toxic effects on the microorganisms. A positive correlation was found between the higher NH4+-N concentration used in this study and the removal efficiency of SMs in the cathode chamber. In short, although the continuous flow MFC is feasible for treating swine wastewater containing antibiotics, its removal efficiency of antibiotics requires to be further improved.
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- Dongle Cheng
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia; NTT Institute of Hi-Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea; Institution of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, PR China
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Li Y, Yang L, Chen X, Han Y, Cao G. Transformation kinetics and pathways of sulfamonomethoxine by UV/H 2O 2 in swine wastewater. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 265:129125. [PMID: 33276994 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sulfamonomethoxine (SMM), as one of the most predominant antibiotics in animal wastewater, is pending for effective control to minimize its environmental risks. Transformation kinetics and pathways of SMM by UV/H2O2 in swine wastewater were systematically investigated in this study. Direct UV photolysis (as a dominant role) and ∙OH oxidation contributed to SMM degradation in UV/H2O2 system. The less effective reaction rate of SMM in real wastewater than synthetic wastewater (0.1-0.17 vs. ∼0.2-1.5 min-1, despite higher H2O2 dosage and extended reaction time) resulted mainly from the abundant presence of conventional contaminants (indicated by COD, a notable competitor of SMM) in real wastewater. SMM degradation benefited from higher H2O2 dosage and neutral and weak alkaline conditions. However, the effect of initial SMM concentration on SMM degradation in synthetic and real wastewater showed opposite trends, owning to the different probability of SMM molecules to interact with UV and H2O2 in different matrices. Carbonate had an inhibitory effect on SMM degradation by scavenging ∙OH and pH-variation induced effect, while nitrate promoted SMM degradation by generating more ∙OH. The removal efficiency of SMM in real wastewater reached 91% under the reaction conditions of H2O2 of 10 mM, reaction time of 60 min, and pH 6.7-6.9. SMM degradation pathway was proposed as hydroxylation of benzene and pyrimidine rings, and secondary amine, and the subsequent cleavage of S-N bond.
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- Yejin Li
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fujian, 350116, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China
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Cheng D, Ngo HH, Guo W, Chang SW, Nguyen DD, Nguyen QA, Zhang J, Liang S. Improving sulfonamide antibiotics removal from swine wastewater by supplying a new pomelo peel derived biochar in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 319:124160. [PMID: 33010716 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Sulfonamide antibiotics (SMs), as a class of antibiotics commonly used in swine industries, pose a serious threat to animal and human health. This study aims to evaluate the performance of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) with and without supplying a new pomelo peel derived biochar to treat swine wastewater containing SMs. Results show that 0.5 g/L biochar addition could increase more than 30% of sulfadiazine (SDZ) and sulfamethazine (SMZ) removal in AnMBR. Approximately 95% of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was removed in the AnMBR at an influent organic loading rate (OLR) of 3.27 kg COD/(m3·d) while an average methane yield was 0.2 L/g CODremoved with slightly change at a small dose 0.5 g/L biochar addition. SMs inhibited the COD removal and methane production and increased membrane fouling. The addition of biochar could reduce the membrane fouling by reducing the concentration of SMP and EPS.
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- Dongle Cheng
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia; NTT Institute of Hi-Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea; Institution of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS 2007, Australia
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Huang F, An Z, Moran MJ, Liu F. Recognition of typical antibiotic residues in environmental media related to groundwater in China (2009-2019). JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 399:122813. [PMID: 32937691 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The potential adverse environmental and health-related impacts of antibiotics are becoming more and more concerning. China is globally the largest antibiotic producer and consumer, possibly resulting in the ubiquity and high detection levels of antibiotics in environmental compartments. Clear status on the concentration levels and spatial distribution of antibiotic contamination in China's environment is necessary to gain insight into the establishment of legal and regulatory frameworks. This study collects information from over 170 papers reporting the occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in China's environment. A total of 110 antibiotics were detected, and 28 priority antibiotics were ubiquitous in China in almost all compartments of the environment, excluding the atmosphere. Seven dominant antibiotics in all environment compartments were identified by cluster analysis, including tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, ofloxacin, enrofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin. Meanwhile, sulfamethoxazole, sulfadiazine, and sulfamethazine were also frequently found in aqueous phases. Among the main basins where antibiotics were detected, the Haihe River Basin had higher median antibiotic concentrations in surface water compared to other basins, while the Huaihe River Basin had higher median concentrations in sediment. The median values of antibiotic concentrations in the sources were as follows: animal manure, 39 μg/kg (microgram per kilogram); WWTP (wastewater treatment plant) sludge, 39 μg/kg; animal wastewater, 156 ng/L (nanogram per liter); WWTP effluent: 15 ng/L. These concentrations are 1 - 2 orders of magnitude higher than that of the receptors (soil, 2.1 μg/kg; sediment, 4.7 μg/kg; surface water, 8.1 ng/L; groundwater, 2.9 ng/L), whether in solid or aqueous phases. Based on the number of detected antibiotics in various environmental compartments, animal farms and WWTPs are the main sources of antibiotics, and surface water and sediment are the main receptors of antibiotics. Hierarchical clustering identified the two main pathways of antibiotic transfer in various environmental compartments, which are from animal wastewater/WWTP effluent to surface water/sediment and from animal manure/WWTP sludge to soil/groundwater.
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- Fuyang Huang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; National Research Center for Geoanalysis, Beijing, PR China
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, PR China.
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Wen H, Zhu H, Yan B, Xu Y, Shutes B. Treatment of typical antibiotics in constructed wetlands integrated with microbial fuel cells: Roles of plant and circuit operation mode. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 250:126252. [PMID: 32097812 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This study evaluated the removal efficiencies of sulfamethoxazole (SMX), tetracycline (TC) and their common co-existing contaminants, i.e., chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nitrogen in constructed wetlands integrated with microbial fuel cells (MFC-CWs), as affected by plant, circuit operation mode and influent antibiotic loads. The results demonstrated that MFC-CWs with plant and circuit connection exhibited the best performance in SMX and TC removal. The removal percentages for SMX and TC were 99.70-100% and 99.66-99.85% at HRT of 1 d, respectively, in MFC-CWs with plant and circuit connection when the influent SMX and TC concentrations were 5-100 μg L-1 and 5-50 μg L-1. The removal efficiencies of both SMX and TC were mainly enhanced by the circuit connection, compared to the plants. The presence of plant and circuit connection also accelerated the accumulation of SMX and TC in electrode layers, and the residues of both antibiotics in the anode layer were higher than in the cathode layer. Besides, closed-circuit MFC-CWs showed better COD removal performance than open-circuit MFC-CWs, irrespective of the increasing influent COD and antibiotic concentrations. The NH4+-N removal in MFC-CWs was mainly promoted by the presence of plants and decreased with increasing influent antibiotic concentrations. Additionally, the bioelectricity generation of planted MFC-CWs was better than in unplanted systems. The coulombic efficiencies in both planted and unplanted MFC-CWs decreased with increasing influent antibiotic concentrations. In summary, MFC-CWs with plant and circuit connection have potential for the treatment of wastewater containing SMX and TC.
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- Huiyang Wen
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, PR China; Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Songliao Aquatic Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin Jianzhu University, 5088 Xincheng Street, Changchun, 130118, PR China
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- Urban Pollution Research Centre, Middlesex University, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT, UK
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Ma J, Cui Y, Li A, Zhang W, Liang J, Wang S, Zhang L. Evaluation of the fate of nutrients, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes in sludge treatment wetlands. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 712:136370. [PMID: 31945537 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The aim of this research was to analyze the elimination of nutrients, antibiotics as well as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in different sludge treatment wetlands (STWs) with or without reeds and aeration tubes. Five antibiotics, including oxytetracycline, tetracycline, azithromycin, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfadiazine; five ARGs, including two tetracycline ARGs (tetC and tetA), one macrolide ARGs (ermB), and two sulfonamide ARGs (sul1 and sul2); and one integrase gene (intI1) were determined in the surface and bottom layers of three STWs, respectively. The removal efficiencies of antibiotics in the bottom layer were lower than that in the surface layer, while the elimination efficiencies of ARGs showed opposite trend. Strong correlations were observed among the contents of antibiotics as well as related ARGs, and the abundance of ARGs had a strong correlation with intI1. The results demonstrated that the contents of these pollutants decreased during the resting period in all the STWs, while the wetland had reeds and aeration tubes performed the best.
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- Junwen Ma
- School of Environment Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China.
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- School of Environment Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- School of Environment Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Environment Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Cheng D, Ngo HH, Guo W, Chang SW, Nguyen DD, Liu Y, Wei Q, Wei D. A critical review on antibiotics and hormones in swine wastewater: Water pollution problems and control approaches. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 387:121682. [PMID: 31744723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Swine wastewater (SW) is an important source of antibiotics and hormones (A&H) in the environment due to their large-scale application in swine industry. A&H in SW can be released into the water environment through the direct discharge of SW, effluent from SW treatment plants, and runoff and leaching from farmland polluted by swine wastes. The presence of A&H in the water environment has become an increasing global concern considering their adverse effects to the aquatic organism and human. This review critically discusses: (i) the occurrence of A&H in global water environment and their potential risks to water organisms and human; (ii) the management and technical approaches for reducing the emission of A&H in SW to the water environment. The development of antibiotic alternatives and the enhanced implementation of vaccination and biosecurity are promising management approaches to cut down the consumption of antibiotics during swine production. Through the comparison of different biological treatment technologies for removing A&H in SW, membrane-based bioprocesses have relatively higher and more stable removal efficiencies. Whereas, the combined system of bioprocesses and AOPs is expected to be a promising technology for elimination and mineralization of A&H in swine wastewater. Further study on this system is therefore necessary.
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- Dongle Cheng
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS, 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS, 2007, Australia; NTT Institute of Hi-Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS, 2007, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea; Institution of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS, 2007, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing and Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, PR China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, PR China
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Qian M, Yang L, Chen X, Li K, Xue W, Li Y, Zhao H, Cao G, Guan X, Shen G. The treatment of veterinary antibiotics in swine wastewater by biodegradation and Fenton-like oxidation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 710:136299. [PMID: 31923671 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Elevated concentrations and potential toxicities of antibiotics in swine wastewater prompt the exploration of effective treatment methods to minimize the amount of antibiotics released to the environment. This study examined the technical and economic feasibility of using combined biodegradation and advanced oxidation processes for swine wastewater treatment. The up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor was mainly responsible for conventional organic pollutant removal (i.e., a COD removal rate of 75%). The subsequent sequencing batch reactor (SBR) under a short sludge retention time (SRT) of 3 days removed the biodegradable antibiotics by >95%, and hindered the nitrification process which retained NH4+-N and reduced operational cost (since the treated wastewater was intended to be used as a farm fertilizer). The subsequent Fenton-like oxidation (with the aid of citric acid) achieved an average antibiotic removal efficiency of 74% under optimal reaction conditions: H2O2 dosage of 2.9 mM, [Fe2+]: [H2O2] = 1:3, [CA]: [Fe2+] = 1:1, pH 6.0, reaction time of 120 min. The superior treatment efficiency of Fenton-like compared to the conventional Fenton (74% vs 5%) under nearly neutral conditions was attributed to the chelating role of citric acid with Fe2+/Fe3+, leading to the enhanced Fe2+/Fe3+ solubility and therefore the promotion of ∙OH formation. This hybrid process of anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation and Fenton-like oxidation should be suitable and cost-effective for the treatment of wastewater with abundant conventional pollutants and persistent emerging trace contaminants.
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- Mengcheng Qian
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China
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Han Y, Yang L, Chen X, Cai Y, Zhang X, Qian M, Chen X, Zhao H, Sheng M, Cao G, Shen G. Removal of veterinary antibiotics from swine wastewater using anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 709:136094. [PMID: 31884273 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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High amounts of antibiotics, used in animal farms for the prevention of diseases, are released back into the natural environment with a possible risk of chronic toxicity to other organisms and the development of antibiotic-resistant genes. The antibiotics, including sulfonamides and β-lactams, detected in swine wastewater were between 99.2 and 339.3 μg/L. The typical on-site swine wastewater treatment process turned out to be inadequate, reflected by the high conventional contaminant and antibiotic residuals even under a long hydraulic residence time (HRT, around 2-3 months). The lab-scale combined anaerobic and aerobic biological process showed that anaerobic digestion was mainly responsible for chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction and aerobic biodegradation contributed significantly to antibiotic removal, with overall removal efficiencies of 95% for COD and 92% for antibiotics under a short HRT of 3.3 days. The removal of selected antibiotics could be a combined result of biodegradation, the balance between adsorption and desorption, and the transformation between antibiotic metabolites and their parent antibiotics. The current work provides valuable insights into the appropriate selection and optimisation of biological processes for the treatment of typical wastewater with high COD and trace antibiotics.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Process and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China
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Adsorptive removal of tetracycline by sustainable ceramsite substrate from bentonite/red mud/pine sawdust. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2960. [PMID: 32076056 PMCID: PMC7031399 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59850-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In this study, a novel, sustainable and efficient ceramsite substrate of constructed wetlands (CWs) were prepared for tetracycline (TC) removal by employing bentonite (Ben) and red mud (Rm) as the main materials and pine sawdust (Ps) as the additive. The optimal parameters for Ben/Rm/Ps ceramsite preparation were obtained via orthogonal and one-factor experimental designs, and the optimal parameters were presented as follows: mass ratio of Ben: Rm: Ps = 4:1:0.9, preheating temperature = 240 °C, preheating time = 20 min, calcining temperature = 1150 °C, and calcining time = 14 min. The properties of Ben/Rm/Ps-op ceramsite (obtained at the optimal condition) were first analyzed, including XRD and SEM, and demonstrated a microporous structure with some crystal strength components. Neutral condition and higher temperature were indicated conducive to improve the TC removal efficiency, while coexisting ions (Na+ or Ca2+) showed adverse effect for TC adsorption by Ben/Rm/Ps-op. In addition, adsorption kinetics and isotherm could be well described by the second-order kinetics and linear isothermal model, respectively, which suggested chemisorption and multilayer adsorption thickness increased infinitely. The theoretical maximum TC adsorption capacity of Ben/Rm/Ps-op at 20 °C reached up to 2.5602 mg/g. In addition, Ben/Rm/Ps-op could effectively remove TC as the CWs substrate under a dynamic flow condition. Further, Ben/Rm/Ps-op exhibited high reusability capability and stability for TC removal, and the adsorption amount still remained for 2.13 mg/g (C0 = 80 mg/L) after three consecutive cycles.
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Le Page G, Gunnarsson L, Trznadel M, Wedgwood KCA, Baudrot V, Snape J, Tyler CR. Variability in cyanobacteria sensitivity to antibiotics and implications for environmental risk assessment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 695:133804. [PMID: 31419690 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Once released into the environment antibiotics can kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria, and in turn potentially have effects on bacterial community structure and ecosystem function. Environmental risk assessment (ERA) seeks to establish protection limits to minimise chemical impacts on the environment, but recent evidence suggests that the current regulatory approaches for ERA for antibiotics may not be adequate for protecting bacteria that have fundamental roles in ecosystem function. In this study we assess the differences in interspecies sensitivity of eight species of cyanobacteria to seven antibiotics (cefazolin, cefotaxime, ampicillin, sufamethazine, sulfadiazine, azithromycin and erythromycin) with three different modes of action. We found that variability in the sensitivity to these antibiotics between species was dependent on the mode of action and varied by up to 70 times for β-lactams. Probabilistic analysis using species sensitivity distributions suggest that the current predicted no effect concentration PNEC for the antibiotics may be either over or under protective of cyanobacteria dependent on the species on which it is based and the mode of action of the antibiotic; the PNECs derived for the macrolide antibiotics were over protective but PNECs for β-lactams were generally under protective. For some geographical locations we identify a significant risk to cyanobacteria populations based upon measured environmental concentrations of selected antibiotics. We conclude that protection limits, as determined according to current regulatory guidance, may not always be protective and might be better derived using SSDs and that including toxicity data for a wider range of (cyano-) bacteria would improve confidence for the ERA of antibiotics.
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- Gareth Le Page
- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QD, UK
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QD, UK
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QD, UK
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- College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Living Systems Institute, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QD, UK
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- AstraZeneca, Global Safety, Health and Environment, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TF, UK; School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, The University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QD, UK.
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Hu H, Zhou Q, Li X, Lou W, Du C, Teng Q, Zhang D, Liu H, Zhong Y, Yang C. Phytoremediation of anaerobically digested swine wastewater contaminated by oxytetracycline via Lemna aequinoctialis: Nutrient removal, growth characteristics and degradation pathways. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 291:121853. [PMID: 31377510 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The concentration of antibiotics in anaerobically digested swine wastewater (ADSW) usually gradually increases due to the addition of antibiotics in livestock feed. Lemna aequinoctialis was used to treatment synthetic ADSW contaminated by oxytetracycline (OTC) whose concentrations were 0.05, 0.25, 0.50 and 1.00 mg/L, and its influences on NH3-N and TP remove were investigated. The fresh weight, photosynthetic pigment and protein content of duckweed were also investigated. Results have shown that nutrient removal and duckweed growth followed the "dose-response" relationships, and 0.05 mg/L OTC could significantly promote the synthesis of photosynthetic pigments and proteins in duckweed. Meanwhile, the protein content gradually decreased during investigation. More important, the degradation products and possible degradation pathways of OTC were diagrammatized via liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and twelve intermediates were detected in the duckweed systems. This study can offer a novel view for phytoremediation of ADSW containing antibiotics by aquatic plants.
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- Hao Hu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemcial Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong 525000, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Hunan Provincial Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Organic Pollution Control of Urban Water and Wastewater, Changsha, Hunan 410001, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemcial Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong 525000, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemcial Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong 525000, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemcial Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong 525000, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemcial Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong 525000, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemcial Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong 525000, China; Hunan Provincial Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Organic Pollution Control of Urban Water and Wastewater, Changsha, Hunan 410001, China.
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Xu Z, Song X, Li Y, Li G, Luo W. Removal of antibiotics by sequencing-batch membrane bioreactor for swine wastewater treatment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 684:23-30. [PMID: 31150873 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study investigated the removal of antibiotics by sequencing-batch membrane bioreactor (SMBR) for swine wastewater treatment. Nine compounds categorized into three groups of commonly used veterinary antibiotics, namely sulfonamides, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones, were evaluated. Results showed that both sulfonamides and tetracyclines were efficiently removed by SMBR (>90%) while a lower removal was observed for fluoroquinolones (<70%). Mass balance analysis evidenced that biodegradation/biotransformation was the main mechanism for the removal of antibiotics in SMBR operation. Moreover, sludge adsorption and membrane retention also slightly contributed to antibiotic removal. Of the three groups of antibiotics, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones were more prone to accumulate in biosolids. It is noteworthy that antibiotics temporarily affected SMBR performance by inhibiting sludge growth and activity as well as increasing the concentrations of extracellular polymeric substances and soluble microbial products in the mixed liquor. Nevertheless, >60% of organic matter and nutrients in swine wastewater could be removed over SMBR operation.
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- Zhicheng Xu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Engineering Research Center of Beijing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Oberoi AS, Jia Y, Zhang H, Khanal SK, Lu H. Insights into the Fate and Removal of Antibiotics in Engineered Biological Treatment Systems: A Critical Review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:7234-7264. [PMID: 31244081 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Antibiotics, the most frequently prescribed drugs of modern medicine, are extensively used for both human and veterinary applications. Antibiotics from different wastewater sources (e.g., municipal, hospitals, animal production, and pharmaceutical industries) ultimately are discharged into wastewater treatment plants. Sorption and biodegradation are the two major removal pathways of antibiotics during biological wastewater treatment processes. This review provides the fundamental insights into sorption mechanisms and biodegradation pathways of different classes of antibiotics with diverse physical-chemical attributes. Important factors affecting sorption and biodegradation behavior of antibiotics are also highlighted. Furthermore, this review also sheds light on the critical role of extracellular polymeric substances on antibiotics adsorption and their removal in engineered biological wastewater treatment systems. Despite major advancements, engineered biological wastewater treatment systems are only moderately effective (48-77%) in the removal of antibiotics. In this review, we systematically summarize the behavior and removal of different antibiotics in various biological treatment systems with discussion on their removal efficiency, removal mechanisms, critical bioreactor operating conditions affecting antibiotics removal, and recent innovative advancements. Besides, relevant background information including antibiotics classification, physical-chemical properties, and their occurrence in the environment from different sources is also briefly covered. This review aims to advance our understanding of the fate of various classes of antibiotics in engineered biological wastewater treatment systems and outlines future research directions.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Hong Kong
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering , University of Hawaii at Ma̅noa , 1955 East-West Road , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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Liu X, Zhang G, Liu Y, Lu S, Qin P, Guo X, Bi B, Wang L, Xi B, Wu F, Wang W, Zhang T. Occurrence and fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in typical urban water of Beijing, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 246:163-173. [PMID: 30543942 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 12/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The pollution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has been highlighted on a global scale because of their serious threats to the environment and human health. Typical urban water in cities with high population density are ideal mediums for the acquisition and spread of antibiotics and ARGs. The pollution level of a broad range of antibiotics and ARGs in hospital wastewater, groundwater and the Wenyu River, and their fates through three sewage treatment plants (STPs) were investigated in this study. The concentrations of the 11 detected antibiotics ranged from not detected (ND)-16800 ng L-1 in diverse water samples from Beijing, and fluoroquinolones were detected at the highest concentration, especially in the hospital samples. The maximum concentrations of antibiotics in STPs and hospital were 1-3 orders of magnitude higher than those in the surface water from Wenyu River and groundwater. Good removal efficiencies by treatment processes were observed for tetracyclines and quinolones, and low removal efficiencies were observed for sulfonamides and macrolides. These results also revealed that the sulfonamide resistance genes (sul1, sul2) and macrolide resistance genes (ermB) were detected at the highest relative abundances (7.11 × 10-2-1.18 × 10-1) in the water bodies of Beijing. It was worth noting that sul1 abundance was the highest in groundwater samples. The relative abundance of most ARGs in STPs exhibited a declining trend in the order of influent > secondary effluents > effluent. However, the relative abundance of sul 1, sul 2 and tetC in the effluent was higher than those in the influent. The incomplete removal of antibiotics and ARGs in STPs poses a serious threat to the receiving rivers, and affects ecosystem security. Overall, our findings provide favorable support for a further investigation of the spread and risk of antibiotics and ARGs from diverse sources (e.g., STPs and hospitals) to the aquatic environment.
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- Xiaohui Liu
- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250358, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250358, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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Oliveira BM, Zaiat M, Oliveira GHD. The contribution of selected organic substrates to the anaerobic cometabolism of sulfamethazine. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2019; 54:263-270. [PMID: 30628525 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2018.1553909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Biodegradation of organic micropollutants is likely to occur due to cometabolism by particular microbial groups. In an effort to identify the stages of anaerobic digestion potentially involved in the biodegradation of the veterinary antimicrobial sulfamethazine (SMZ), the influence of selected carbon sources (sucrose, glucose, fructose, ethanol, meat extract, cellulose, soluble starch, soy oil, acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid) on SMZ removal by anaerobic sludge was evaluated in short-term batch experiments. Adsorption to the granular sludge constituted a significant removal mechanism, accounting for 39% of SMZ removal in control experiments. The presence of glucose, fructose, sucrose and meat extract exerted an inducing effect on SMZ degradation, resulting in removal efficiencies of 54, 53, 58 and 61%, respectively, indicating the occurrence of cometabolism. Time courses of sucrose and meat extract degradation revealed markedly distinct organic acid profiles but resulted in similar SMZ removals. Temporal profiles of acetic and propionic acid degradation were not associated with SMZ removal, as changes in SMZ concentration were observed even after the organic acids had been completely removed. The experimental results suggest that SMZ cometabolism is not associated to sucrose hydrolysis, acetoclastic methanogenesis and acetogenesis from propionic acid.
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- a Laboratory of Biological Processes, Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Environmental Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering , University of São Paulo (USP) , São Carlos , São Paulo , Brazil
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- a Laboratory of Biological Processes, Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Environmental Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering , University of São Paulo (USP) , São Carlos , São Paulo , Brazil
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- a Laboratory of Biological Processes, Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Environmental Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering , University of São Paulo (USP) , São Carlos , São Paulo , Brazil
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Zhi S, Zhou J, Yang F, Tian L, Zhang K. Systematic analysis of occurrence and variation tendency about 58 typical veterinary antibiotics during animal wastewater disposal processes in Tianjin, China. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 165:376-385. [PMID: 30216896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.08.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Residue of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the animal breeding industry has become a problematic environmental issue. However, the residual levels of VAs as well as their variation tendency, degradation mechanisms and relationships with other parameters during animal wastewater disposal processes are still obscure. This study measured different samples during wastewater disposal processes from three farms, and systematically analyzed the residue, migration and removal of 58 kinds of typical VAs (6 classes) in Tianjin, China. The results showed that about 44 kinds of VAs were quantitatively detected. Tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) usually had higher residual concentrations than other classes of VAs in the raw wastewater; the highest residual concentration was 130.67 ± 5.90 μg/L which occurred for chlortetracycline (CTC). Pig farms generally had more VAs species and higher residual concentrations than dairy farms, and the proportion of different VAs was similar for dairy farms. The final removal rates of different VAs classes varied largely (negative to > 99.87%), and the highest removal rates usually occurred in biological processes for adsorption and biodegradation effects, and occasionally occurred in the final effluents. The correlation coefficients between VAs removal rates and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rates were much higher than those of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and ammonia nitrogen (NH4-N) in pig farms, while opposite conclusion was obtained in dairy farms. Among different classes, TCs presented the highest daily mass loading of ND ~ 10,453.8 ± 471.7 mg/d in the influent and ND ~ 1141.6 ± 58.9 mg/d in the effluent in farm 1.
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- Suli Zhi
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300191, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150036, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300191, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300132, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300191, China.
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Liu X, Liu Y, Lu S, Guo X, Lu H, Qin P, Bi B, Wan Z, Xi B, Zhang T, Liu S. Occurrence of typical antibiotics and source analysis based on PCA-MLR model in the East Dongting Lake, China. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 163:145-152. [PMID: 30053584 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Revised: 07/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The antibiotics residues in freshwater lakes are being highlighted around the world because of high potential threat to environment and human health. Understanding the current state of antibiotics and potential sources in lakes are important. The potential sources of antibiotics (Sewage treatment plants (STPs)), livestock and poultry farms and fishponds in the East Dongting was studied. Compared with other surface water bodies, the concentration of antibiotic in the East Dongting Lake was at a moderate or low level. Ten of 12 antibiotics likely originated from veterinary applications in livestock and poultry farms, especially in swine farms, and concentrations at these sources (ND-1240.41 ng L-1) were 1-3 orders of magnitude higher than in the effluent of local sewage treatment plants and fishponds. Based on a principal component analysis with multiple linear regression (PCA-MLR) model, we estimated source contributions of 79.95% for livestock and poultry farms, 0.27% for STPs, and 19.79% for aquaculture source and livestock and poultry farms. Overall, the predominance of sulfonamides and livestock and poultry farms in the East Dongting Lake has been identified, which can provide important information for regulating their veterinary use and environmental management.
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China.
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China.
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria an Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China
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Zhang M, Liu YS, Zhao JL, Liu WR, He LY, Zhang JN, Chen J, He LK, Zhang QQ, Ying GG. Occurrence, fate and mass loadings of antibiotics in two swine wastewater treatment systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 639:1421-1431. [PMID: 29929305 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Antibiotics are widely applied in livestock industry to prevent or treat animal diseases. However, those antibiotics are poorly metabolized in livestock animals, most of them being excreted via feces or urine. Hence we need to understand the removal of antibiotics in swine farm wastewater treatment systems. This study investigated occurrence and fate of various antibiotics in two full-scale swine farm wastewater treatment systems (Farm A: anaerobic digester-A2/O-lagoon; Farm B: upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB)-(A/O)2-lagoon). The results showed the presence of 25 antibiotics out of 40 target antibiotics in the wastewater and sludge samples from the two farms. In Farm A, sulfamonomethoxine, sulfachlorpyridazine, oxytetracycline and lincomycin were predominant in the influent with concentrations up to 166 ± 3.64 μg/L, while in the dewatered sludge chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, tetracycline and norfloxacin were the predominant target compounds with concentrations up to 29.2 ± 3.74 μg/g. In Farm B, high concentrations (up to 3630 ± 1040 μg/L) of sulfachlorpyridazine, sulfamonomethoxine and lincomycin were detected in the influent, and the predominant target antibiotics detected in the dewater sludge were similar to those in Farm A, with concentrations up to 28.6 ± 0.592 μg/g. The aqueous removal rates for the total antibiotics were >99.0% in the wastewater treatment plants of both farms. Among a series of treatment units, the anaerobic digester in Farm A and UASB in Farm B made a significant contribution to the elimination of the target antibiotics from the animal wastewater. The daily mass loadings of total antibiotics in the manure, influent, dewatered sludge and effluent were 17.1, 28.0, 2.53, and 0.0730 g/d for Farm A and 24.5, 354, 3.17, and 0.293 g/d for Farm B. The full-scale swine wastewater treatment facilities could effectively remove antibiotics from swine wastewater, but the dewatered sludge needs to be further treated before disposal on land.
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- Min Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Theoretical Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Theoretical Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environment Protection, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Theoretical Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Santos L, Ramos F. Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture: Current knowledge and alternatives to tackle the problem. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2018; 52:135-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Guo Y, Chen B, Liu D, Huang W, Sun Y, Zhao Y. Removal of antibiotics from aqueous solution using silicon-based materials. An overview. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/21622515.2018.1482374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Yige Guo
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Xianyang City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Wang X, Chen Z, Kang J, Zhao X, Shen J. Removal of tetracycline by aerobic granular sludge and its bacterial community dynamics in SBR. RSC Adv 2018; 8:18284-18293. [PMID: 35541111 PMCID: PMC9080576 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01357h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this study, the removal efficiency and mechanism of tetracycline by aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in SBR were investigated. The removal of tetracycline present in livestock and poultry wastewater and the effect on conventional pollutants, such chemical oxygen demand, and nitrogen and phosphorous removal performance have been assessed demonstrating that AGS was able to remove tetracycline by adsorption and biodegradation processes. The removal rate of tetracycline was more than 90%, and conventional pollutants were also efficiently removed. The high-throughput sequencing technology was applied to decipher the species succession and community structure of tetracycline-resistance granular sludge. The Chryseobacterium, Actinotignum, Lactococcus, Shinella and Clavibacter were gradually dominant and considered as the functional bacteria for the removal of tetracycline. The numbers of functional genes including amino acid, carbohydrate and inorganic ion transport and metabolism, as well as energy production and conversion, and secondary metabolites biosynthesis, were also increased. These functional genes played an important role in the biodegradation of tetracycline.
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- Xiaochun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150090 China +86-451-86283028 +86-451-86283001 +86-451-86287000
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150090 China +86-451-86283028 +86-451-86283001 +86-451-86287000
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150090 China +86-451-86283028 +86-451-86283001 +86-451-86287000
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- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology Lanzhou 730050 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150090 China +86-451-86283028 +86-451-86283001 +86-451-86287000
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Cheng DL, Ngo HH, Guo WS, Liu YW, Zhou JL, Chang SW, Nguyen DD, Bui XT, Zhang XB. Bioprocessing for elimination antibiotics and hormones from swine wastewater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 621:1664-1682. [PMID: 29074241 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 09/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Antibiotics and hormones in swine wastewater have become a critical concern worldwide due to the severe threats to human health and the eco-environment. Removal of most detectable antibiotics and hormones, such as sulfonamides (SAs), SMs, tetracyclines (TCs), macrolides, and estrogenic hormones from swine wastewater utilizing various biological processes were summarized and compared. In biological processes, biosorption and biodegradation are the two major removal mechanisms for antibiotics and hormones. The residuals in treated effluents and sludge of conventional activated sludge and anaerobic digestion processes can still pose risks to the surrounding environment, and the anaerobic processes' removal efficiencies were inferior to those of aerobic processes. In contrast, membrane bioreactors (MBRs), constructed wetlands (CWs) and modified processes performed better because of their higher biodegradation of toxicants. Process modification on activated sludge, anaerobic digestion and conventional MBRs could also enhance the performance (e.g. removing up to 98% SMs, 88.9% TCs, and 99.6% hormones from wastewater). The hybrid process combining MBRs with biological or physical technology also led to better removal efficiency. As such, modified conventional biological processes, advanced biological technologies and MBR hybrid systems are considered as a promising technology for removing toxicants from swine wastewater.
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia and Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia and Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China; Institution of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam.
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia and Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia and Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia and Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Department of Environmental Energy & Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Environmental Energy & Engineering, Kyonggi University, 442-760, Republic of Korea; Institution of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Technology, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia and Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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Wang H, Chu Y, Fang C, Huang F, Song Y, Xue X. Sorption of tetracycline on biochar derived from rice straw under different temperatures. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182776. [PMID: 28792530 PMCID: PMC5549735 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Biochars produced from the pyrolysis of waste biomass under limited oxygen conditions could serve as adsorbents in environmental remediation processes. Biochar samples derived from rice straw that were pyrolyzed at 300 (R300), 500 (R500) and 700°C (R700) were used as adsorbents to remove tetracycline from an aqueous solution. Both the Langmuir and Freundlich models fitted the adsorption data well (R2 > 0.919). The adsorption capacity increased with pyrolysis temperature. The R500 and R700 samples exhibited relative high removal efficiencies across a range of initial tetracycline concentrations (0.5mg/L-32mg/L) with the maximum (92.8%–96.7%) found for adsorption on R700 at 35°C. The relatively high surface area of the R700 sample and π–π electron-donor acceptor contributed to the high adsorption capacities. A thermodynamic analysis indicated that the tetracycline adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic. The pH of solution was also found to influence the adsorption processes; the maximum adsorption capacity occurred at a pH of 5.5. These experimental results highlight that biochar derived from rice straw is a promising candidate for low-cost removal of tetracycline from water.
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- Hua Wang
- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Agricultural Comprehensive Inspection and Testing Center of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Deng D, Deng F, Tang B, Zhang J, Liu J. Electrocatalytic reduction of low-concentration thiamphenicol and florfenicol in wastewater with multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified electrode. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2017; 332:168-175. [PMID: 28314194 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The electrocatalytic reduction of thiamphenicol (TAP) and florfenicol (FF) was investigated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) modified electrode. MWCNTs was dispersed in pure water with the assistance of dihexadecyl phosphate (DHP), and then modified on glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The electrocatalytic reduction conditions, such as bias voltage, supporting electrolyte and its initial pH, and the initial concentrations of TAP and FF, were also optimized. The experimental results indicated that the removal efficiencies of 2mgL-1 TAP and FF in 0.1M NH3·H2O-NH4Cl solution (pH 7.0) reached 87% and 89% at a bias voltage of -1.2V after 24h electrocatalytic reduction, respectively. The removal process could be described by pseudo first-order kinetic model, and the removal rate constants of TAP and FF were obtained as 0.0837 and 0.0915h-1, respectively. The electrocatalytic reduction products of TAP and FF were identified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and the possible reduction mechanisms were preliminarily analyzed. Electrocatalytic reduction is promising to remove low-concentration TAP and FF in wastewater with the MWCNTs modified electrode, and may cut down their toxicity through dehalogenation and carbonyl reduction.
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- Dongli Deng
- College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, PR China; Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College, Chongqing 401120, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Chongqing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Chongqing Engineering Technology Research Center of Import and Export Food Safety, Chongqing 400020, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, PR China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Chongqing 400716, PR China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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Obimakinde S, Fatoki O, Opeolu B, Olatunji O. Veterinary pharmaceuticals in aqueous systems and associated effects: an update. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:3274-3297. [PMID: 27752951 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7757-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Environmental studies have shown that pharmaceuticals can contaminate aqueous matrices, such as groundwater, surface water, sediment as well as aquatic flora and fauna. Effluents from sewage and wastewater treatment plants, pharmaceutical industries and hospitals have been implicated in such contamination. Recent studies have however revealed significant concentrations of pharmaceuticals in wastewater from animal facilities in proximal aquatic habitats. Furthermore, epidemiological studies have shown a consistent positive correlation between exposure to some drugs of veterinary importance and increased adverse effects in aquatic biota largely due to induction of endocrine disruption, antibiotic resistance, neurotoxicity, genotoxicity and oxidative stress. The aquatic habitats and associated biota are important in the maintenance of global ecosystem and food chain. For this reason, anything that compromises the integrity and functions of the aquatic environment may lead to major upset in the world's ecosystems. Therefore, knowledge about this route of exposure cannot be neglected and monitoring of their occurrence in the environment is required. This review focuses on scientific evidence that link the presence of pharmaceuticals in aqueous matrices to animal production facilities and presents means to reduce the occurrence of veterinary pharmaceutical residues in the aquatic habitats.
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- Samuel Obimakinde
- Department of Chemistry, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa.
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- Department of Chemistry, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
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Cai Q, Zhang L, Zhao P, Lun X, Li W, Guo Y, Hou X. A joint experimental-computational investigation: Metal organic framework as a vortex assisted dispersive micro-solid-phase extraction sorbent coupled with UPLC-MS/MS for the simultaneous determination of amphenicols and their metabolite in aquaculture water. Microchem J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2016.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Distribution of sulfonamides in liquid and solid anaerobic digestates: effects of hydraulic retention time and swine manure to rice straw ratio. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2016; 40:319-330. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-016-1699-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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