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Sunyer-Caldú A, Golovko O, Kaczmarek M, Asp H, Bergstrand KJ, Gil-Solsona R, Gago-Ferrero P, Diaz-Cruz MS, Ahrens L, Hultberg M. Occurrence and fate of contaminants of emerging concern and their transformation products after uptake by pak choi (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 319:120958. [PMID: 36603758 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Recovery and reuse of nutrients is a major challenge in agriculture. A new process contributing to a circular economy is the anaerobic digestion of food waste, which is a sustainable way of recycling nutrients as the digestate can be used as fertiliser in agriculture and horticulture. However, the digestate may be polluted with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) that can be circulated back into the food chain, posing a risk to the environment and human health. In this work, the nutrient solution was spiked with 18 selected CECs frequently detected in food waste biogas facilities, and subsequent uptake and fate of these CECs were evaluated in pak choi grown in two different nutrient solutions (mineral and organic). All spiked compounds except two (propylparaben, fenbendazole) were taken up by pak choi plants, with perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) and sertraline displaying the highest concentrations (270 and 190 μg/kg fresh weight, respectively). There were no statistically significant differences in uptake between mineral and organic nutrient solutions. Uptake of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was negatively correlated with perfluorocarbon chain length and dependent on the functional group (r = -0.73). Sixteen transformation products (TPs) were tentatively identified using suspect screening, most of which were Phase II or even Phase III metabolites. Six of these TPs were identified for the first time in plant metabolism and their metabolic pathways were considered.
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- Adrià Sunyer-Caldú
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research - Severo Ochoa Excellence Center (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona 08034, Spain; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research - Severo Ochoa Excellence Center (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research - Severo Ochoa Excellence Center (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research - Severo Ochoa Excellence Center (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SE-234 56 Alnarp, Sweden
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Modified Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Membranes for the Elimination of Antibiotics from Water. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11090720. [PMID: 34564537 PMCID: PMC8465475 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11090720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The hydrophilic and hydrophobic single-walled carbon nanotube membranes were prepared and progressively applied in sorption, filtration, and pertraction experiments with the aim of eliminating three antibiotics—tetracycline, sulfamethoxazole, and trimethoprim—as a single pollutant or as a mixture. The addition of SiO2 to the single-walled carbon nanotubes allowed a transparent study of the influence of porosity on the separation processes. The mild oxidation, increasing hydrophilicity, and reactivity of the single-walled carbon nanotube membranes with the pollutants were suitable for the filtration and sorption process, while non-oxidized materials with a hydrophobic layer were more appropriate for pertraction. The total pore volume increased with an increasing amount of SiO2 (from 743 to 1218 mm3/g) in the hydrophilic membranes. The hydrophobic layer completely covered the carbon nanotubes and SiO2 nanoparticles and provided significantly different membrane surface interactions with the antibiotics. Single-walled carbon nanotubes adsorbed the initial amount of antibiotics in less than 5 h. A time of 2.3 s was sufficient for the filtration of 98.8% of sulfamethoxazole, 95.5% of trimethoprim, and 87.0% of tetracycline. The thicker membranes demonstrate a higher adsorption capacity. However, the pertraction was slower than filtration, leading to total elimination of antibiotics (e.g., 3 days for tetracycline). The diffusion coefficient of the antibiotics varies between 0.7–2.7 × 10−10, depending on the addition of SiO2 in perfect agreement with the findings of the textural analysis and scanning electron microscopy observations. Similar to filtration, tetracycline is retained by the membranes more than sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim.
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Park Y, Park M, Hamidoghli A, Kim CH, Bai SC. Optimum dietary processed sulfur (Immuno-F) level has antibiotic effects on the growth, hematology and disease resistance of juvenile olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2021.115035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Silva S, Araújo L, Nascimento Junior JA, Silva T, Lopes AC, Correia MT, Silva M, Oliveira MB. Effects of Cefazolin and Meropenem in Eradication Biofilms of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Proteus mirabilis. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:1681-1688. [PMID: 32300927 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-01984-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Proteus mirabilis is an opportunistic Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and is known for its ability to cause urinary tract infections. The aim of this study was to determine the value of the minimum concentration of cefazolin and meropenem on biofilm eradication, as well as the resistance profiles and genetic diversity of clinical and environmental isolates of P. mirabilis. We compared the isolates collected from a hospital environment and from an urban stream impacted in Recife-Pernambuco, Brazil. Biochemical tests were performed to determine the profiles of susceptibility, hydrophobicity, biofilm formation and eradication. The genetic diversity was verified using the ERIC-PCR method. The results revealed that two clinical isolates (ICP4 and ICP5) were multi-drug resistant, whereas the environmental isolates showed resistance only to tetracycline, except for CP525S, which was resistant also to ampicillin. Of the isolates investigated, three were moderately hydrophobic, while the remaining were hydrophilic. Genetic diversity analysis verified the presence of clones indicating that the stream is harboring and disseminating bacteria of hospital origin. All isolates formed a biofilm, however, high concentrations of cefazolin and meropenem were required to eradicate the already formed biofilm. Our study analyzed the survival strategies of these bacteria in the environments investigated and corresponds to first report the use of these antibiotics to eliminate P. mirabilis biofilms.
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- Sivoneide Silva
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas Do Nordeste (CETENE), Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Centro de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Oliver JP, Gooch CA, Lansing S, Schueler J, Hurst JJ, Sassoubre L, Crossette EM, Aga DS. Invited review: Fate of antibiotic residues, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes in US dairy manure management systems. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:1051-1071. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-16778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The Role of Fungi and Genes for the Removal of Environmental Contaminants from Water/Wastewater Treatment Plants. Fungal Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41870-0_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Paul D, Chakraborty R, Mandal SM. Biocides and health-care agents are more than just antibiotics: Inducing cross to co-resistance in microbes. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 174:601-610. [PMID: 30875553 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.02.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Health-care chemicals are used worldwide as important components of different industries as consumer products, food industry, animal husbandry and agribusiness. There are innumerable reports on the effect of these chemicals (biocides) impacting the development of cross to co-resistance in pathogenic bacteria. However, reports are limited on the concurrent use of agricides (pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides) which influence the microbial activities in soils and contribute to the increase in incidences of co-resistance. Undoubtedly, indiscriminate use of biocides and agricides has contaminated both water and soil environments. This review describes the onset of cross and co-resistance to biocides and antibiotics which is increasingly being exhibited by specific bacteria under a persistent selective pressure. It also re-examines the significance of mobile genetic platforms and horizontal gene transfer from one to another bacterial species, for understanding the kinetics and efficiency of genetic exchange in stressed environments leading to natural selection of tolerant strains over susceptible ones. The investigation is much warranted, particularly with respect to agricides that commonly occur in recalcitrant states in soil and water ecosystem, livestock, etc and is transmitted either directly or via the food-chain to human beings, facilitating the switch from cross to co-resistance.
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- Debarati Paul
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida 201313, India
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- OMICS Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of North Bengal, Siliguri 734013, WB, India
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- Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India.
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Taheran M, Naghdi M, Brar SK, Verma M, Surampalli R. Emerging contaminants: Here today, there tomorrow! ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2018.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Hamdy AM, El-massry M, Kashef MT, Amin MA, Aziz RK. Toward the Drug Factory Microbiome: Microbial Community Variations in Antibiotic-Producing Clean Rooms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 22:133-144. [DOI: 10.1089/omi.2017.0091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Amal M. Hamdy
- Misr Company for Pharmaceutical Industries, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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González-Pleiter M, Leganés F, Fernández-Piñas F. Intracellular free Ca2+signals antibiotic exposure in cyanobacteria. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03001k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intracellular free Ca2+, [Ca2+]i, is a key element of the cellular response to many abiotic and biotic stresses.
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- M. González-Pleiter
- Department of Biology
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Department of Biology
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Department of Biology
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Bacterial Community Structure following a Sewage Spill into an Aquatic Environment. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:5653-60. [PMID: 27422829 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01927-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Sewage spills can release antibiotic-resistant bacteria into surface waters, contributing to environmental reservoirs and potentially impacting human health. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are nosocomial pathogens that have been detected in environmental habitats, including soil, water, and beach sands, as well as wildlife feces. However, VRE harboring vanA genes that confer high-level resistance have infrequently been found outside clinical settings in the United States. This study found culturable Enterococcus faecium harboring the vanA gene in water and sediment for up to 3 days after a sewage spill, and the quantitative PCR (qPCR) signal for vanA persisted for an additional week. Culturable levels of enterococci in water exceeded recreational water guidelines for 2 weeks following the spill, declining about five orders of magnitude in sediments and two orders of magnitude in the water column over 6 weeks. Analysis of bacterial taxa via 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed changes in community structure through time following the sewage spill in sediment and water. The spread of opportunistic pathogens harboring high-level vancomycin resistance genes beyond hospitals and into the broader community and associated habitats is a potential threat to public health, requiring further studies that examine the persistence, occurrence, and survival of VRE in different environmental matrices. IMPORTANCE Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are harmful bacteria that are resistant to the powerful antibiotic vancomycin, which is used as a last resort against many infections. This study followed the release of VRE in a major sewage spill and their persistence over time. Such events can act as a means of spreading vancomycin-resistant bacteria in the environment, which can eventually impact human health.
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