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Lu G, Li X, Li W, Liu Y, Wang N, Pan Z, Zhang G, Zhang Y, Lai B. Thermo-activated periodate oxidation process for tetracycline degradation: Kinetics and byproducts transformation pathways. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 461:132696. [PMID: 37801979 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Periodate-based advanced oxidation processes have been diffusely practiced for pollutant decontamination. However, the thermo-activation of periodate process (heat/PI), an effective water pollution removal process, has been rarely discussed, and the degradation pathway of this heat/PI system requires investigation. In this work, tetracycline antibiotics were selected as the model micropollutant for the comprehensive evaluation of the heat/PI system. The heat/PI system exhibited good performance for tetracycline (TC) remediation with temperature increases. The principal reactive oxidative species in the heat/PI system was confirmed using quenching experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance experiments. Further, the potential reactive sites in the TC were identified based on the density functional theory calculation. Based on the detection results of intermediates, there was no significant difference in byproducts generated during TC degradation under various temperatures in the heat/PI system. The Toxicity Estimation Software Tool (T.E.S.T.) method was applied to calculate the individual toxicity of the byproducts. This study contributes to a comprehensive explanation of the process of the thermal activation of periodate, and in particular, it explains the source of oxidation power, the transformation of byproducts, and the toxicity of reaction systems.
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- Gonggong Lu
- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China; National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Water Safety and Water Pollution Control Engineering Technology Research Center in Sichuan Province, Haitian Water Group Co.,Ltd, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Rossi F, Péguilhan R, Turgeon N, Veillette M, Baray JL, Deguillaume L, Amato P, Duchaine C. Quantification of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in clouds at a mountain site (puy de Dôme, central France). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 865:161264. [PMID: 36587700 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is becoming a major sanitary concern worldwide. The extensive use of large quantities of antibiotics to sustain human activity has led to the rapid acquisition and maintenance of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in bacteria and to their spread into the environment. Eventually, these can be disseminated over long distances by atmospheric transport. Here, we assessed the presence of ARGs in clouds as an indicator of long-distance travel potential of antibiotic resistance in the atmosphere. We hypothesized that a variety of ARGs can reach the altitude of clouds mainly located within the free troposphere. Once incorporated in the atmosphere, they are efficiently transported and their respective concentrations should differ depending on the sources and the geographical origin of the air masses. We deployed high-flow rate impingers and collected twelve clouds between September 2019 and October 2021 at the meteorological station of the puy de Dôme summit (1465 m a.s.l., France). Total airborne bacteria concentration was assessed by flow cytometry, and ARGs subtypes of the main families of antibiotic resistance (quinolone, sulfonamide, tetracycline; glycopeptide, aminoglycoside, β-lactamase, macrolide) including one mobile genetic element (transposase) were quantified by qPCR. Our results indicate the presence of 29 different ARGs' subtypes at concentrations ranging from 1.01 × 103 to 1.61 × 104 copies m-3 of air. Clear distinctions could be observed between clouds in air masses transported over marine areas (Atlantic Ocean) and clouds influenced by continental surfaces. Specifically, quinolones (mostly qepA) resistance genes were prevalent in marine clouds (54 % of the total ARGs on average), whereas higher contributions of sulfonamide, tetracycline; glycopeptide, β-lactamase and macrolide were found in continental clouds. This study constitutes the first evidence for the presence of microbial ARGs in clouds at concentrations comparable to other natural environments. This highlights the atmosphere as routes for the dissemination of ARGs at large scale.
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- Florent Rossi
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, UAR 833, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, UMR 6016, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, UAR 833, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, UMR 6016, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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Zaib Q, Ryenchindorj U, Putra AS, Kyung D, Park HS. Optimization of tetracycline removal from water by iron-coated pine-bark biochar. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:4972-4985. [PMID: 35976587 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22476-0] [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: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We synthesized iron-coated pine-bark biochar (Fe-PBB) and determined the optimal conditions for removing the antibiotic tetracycline from water. The Fe-PBB was synthesized by depositing iron oxide on pyrolyzed pine-bark waste via a facile co-precipitation method. Characterization (SEM, EDX, and TGA) showed successful deposition of a mass of approximately 27% (w/w) iron on the PBB to synthesize Fe-PBB. Fe-PBB exhibited five times higher adsorption capacity (~ 10 mg/g) for tetracycline compared with PBB. The effects of initial tetracycline concentration, pH, temperature, and Fe-PBB dose on the adsorption removal of tetracycline from water were systematically investigated and optimized using a statistical experimental design and response surface methodology. The empirical relationship between the experimental factors and tetracycline removal was modeled, statistically validated through the analysis of variance, and used to predict the optimal conditions for adsorption removal of tetracycline. We found that ≥ 95% of the tetracycline can be removed at a tetracycline concentration of 1 mg/L, pH of 7, temperature of 50 °C, and a Fe-PBB dose of 2 g/L. The adsorption isotherm modeling study suggests that the adsorption of tetracycline can be attributed to the pore filling phenomenon and multilayer adsorption on the Fe-PBB. A thermodynamics study showed that the adsorption occurs spontaneously with an endothermic reaction.
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- Qammer Zaib
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehak-ro 93, Nam-gu, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehak-ro 93, Nam-gu, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ulsan College, Daehak-ro 57, Nam-gu, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea
- Research Center for Sustainable Production System and Life Cycle Assessment, National Research and Innovation Agency, PUSPIPTEK Area, Serpong, 15314, Indonesia
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehak-ro 93, Nam-gu, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehak-ro 93, Nam-gu, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ulsan College, Daehak-ro 57, Nam-gu, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea.
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Mangalgiri KP, Ibitoye T, Blaney L. Molar absorption coefficients and acid dissociation constants for fluoroquinolone, sulfonamide, and tetracycline antibiotics of environmental concern. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 835:155508. [PMID: 35483465 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155508] [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: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Antibiotics are priority contaminants of emerging concern due to their pseudo-persistence in the environment and contribution to the development of antimicrobial resistance. In solution, antibiotics undergo (de)protonation reactions that affect their UV absorbance and, therefore, photolytic fate in natural and engineered systems. This study employed enhanced spectrophotometric methods to determine the acid dissociation constants (as pKa values) and molar absorption coefficients for 12 fluoroquinolone, 9 sulfonamide, and 7 tetracycline antibiotics of environmental relevance. Molar absorption coefficient heatmaps were generated for all 28 antibiotics at 200-500 nm and pH 1.8-12.2. The data in the heatmaps were deconvoluted to calculate pKa values and specific molar absorption coefficients at each wavelength. All antibiotics had at least one pKa value in the environmentally relevant range of 5.5-8.5, and pKa values were reported for methacycline, moxifloxacin, nadifloxacin, rolitetracycline, sulfadoxine, and sulfapyridine for the first time. Deprotonation of the carboxylic acid associated with pKa,1 (5.5-6.7) exerted the strongest effects on the UV absorbance of fluoroquinolones. For tetracyclines, deprotonation of the tertiary amine at pKa,3 (7.8-10.2) was responsible for major shifts in UV absorbance. Although sulfonamides have conserved pKa sites, no general trends were observed for the molar absorption coefficients. The structural similarity of fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines supported the potential for a class-based approach to identifying molar absorbance as a function of pH. Overall, the reported pKa values and specific molar absorption coefficients will serve as important resources for future studies on antibiotic fate in natural and engineered systems.
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- Kiranmayi P Mangalgiri
- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States of America; Oklahoma State University, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, 113 Agricultural Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, United States of America.
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States of America
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States of America
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Wei L, Shi D, Qi Y, Zhang Y. Synthetic Mechanism of UiO‐66‐NH
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/BiOBr Spherical and Lamellar Dual Z‐scheme Heterojunction and Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline Under Visible Light. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Lihong Wei
- College of energy and environment Shenyang Aerospace University 110122 No.37Daoyi south street, Shenbei new district Shenyang China
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- College of energy and environment Shenyang Aerospace University 110122 No.37Daoyi south street, Shenbei new district Shenyang China
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- College of energy and environment Shenyang Aerospace University 110122 No.37Daoyi south street, Shenbei new district Shenyang China
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- College of energy and environment Shenyang Aerospace University 110122 No.37Daoyi south street, Shenbei new district Shenyang China
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Lu L, Li X, Li Z, Chen Y, Sabio Y García CA, Yang J, Luo F, Zou X. Aerobic methanotrophs in an urban water cycle system: Community structure and network interaction pattern. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 772:145045. [PMID: 33770879 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145045] [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: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) play an important role in reducing methane emissions in nature. Most current researches focus on the natural habitats (e.g., lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, paddy fields, etc.). However, methanotrophs and the methane-oxidizing process remain essentially unclear in artificial habitat, such as the urban water cycle systems. Here, high-throughput sequencing and qPCR were used to analyze the community structure and abundance of MOB. Six different systems were selected from Yunyang City, Chongqing, China, including the raw water system (RW), the water supply pipe network system (SP), the wastewater pipe network system (WP), the hospital wastewater treatment system (HP), the municipal wastewater treatment plant system (WT) and the downstream river system (ST) of a wastewater treatment plant. Results clearly showed that the MOB community structure and network interaction patterns of the urban water cycle system were different from those of natural water bodies. Type I MOB was the dominant clade in HP. Methylocysis in Type II was the most abundant genus among the whole urban water cycle system, indicating that this genus had a high adaptability to the environment. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and concentration significantly affected the MOB communities in the urban water cycle system. The network of MOB in WT was the most complicated, and there were competitive relationships among species in WP. The structure of the network in HP was unstable, and therefore, it was vulnerable to environmental disturbances. Methylocystis (Type II) and Methylomonas (Type I) were the most important keystone species in the entire urban water cycle system. Overall, these findings broaden the understanding of the distribution and interaction patterns of MOB communities in an urban water cycle system and provide valuable clues for ecosystem restoration and environmental management.
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- Lunhui Lu
- Key Laboratory of Reservoir Aquatic Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hydraulic and Waterway Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Reservoir Aquatic Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Hydraulic and Waterway Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Depto. Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Int. Güiraldes 2620, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 1428 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Argentina
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- Key Laboratory of Reservoir Aquatic Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Key Laboratory of Reservoir Aquatic Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China; Key Laboratory of Hydraulic and Waterway Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecological Impacts of Hydraulic-Projects and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystem of Ministry of Water Resources, Institute of Hydroecology, Ministry of Water Resources and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Xu L, Zhang H, Xiong P, Zhu Q, Liao C, Jiang G. Occurrence, fate, and risk assessment of typical tetracycline antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 753:141975. [PMID: 33207448 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 94.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Tetracyclines (TCs), used as human and veterinary medicines, are the most widely used antibiotics. More than 75% of TCs are excreted in an active form and released into the environment through human and animal urine and feces, causing adverse effects on the ecological system and human health. Few articles review the environmental occurrence and behaviors of TCs, as well as their risks and toxicities. Here, we comprehensively summarized the recent advances on the following important issues: (1) Environmental occurrence of TCs. TCs are used globally and their occurrence in the aquatic environment has been documented, including surface water, groundwater, drinking water, wastewater, sediment, and sludge. (2) Environmental behaviors of TCs, particularly the fate of TCs in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Most WWTPs cannot effectively remove TCs from wastewater, so alternative methods for efficient removal of TCs need to be developed. The latest degradation methods of TCs are summarized, including adsorption, photocatalytic, photochemical and electrochemical, and biological degradations. (3) Toxicities and possible risks of TCs. The toxicological data of TCs indicate that several TCs are more toxic to algae than fish and daphnia. Risk assessments based on individual compound exposure indicate that the risks arising from the current concentrations of TCs in the aquatic environment cannot be ignored.
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- Longyao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430056, China; Institute of Environment and Health, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430056, China; Institute of Environment and Health, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China
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Zhou X, Cuasquer GJP, Li Z, Mang HP, Lv Y. Occurrence of typical antibiotics, representative antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and genes in fresh and stored source-separated human urine. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2021; 146:106280. [PMID: 33395931 PMCID: PMC7786438 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Human urine is a source of fertilizer and, with proper management, it can be reused in agriculture. Determining the contamination issue of antibiotics in source-separated urine is important because the majority of antibiotics are excreted with urine. In this study, source-separated urine samples were randomly collected from a male toilet in a university building and analyzed in terms of 30 typical antibiotics (including 14 sulfonamides, 4 tetracyclines, and 12 fluoroquinolones) and tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli, as well as its antibiotic-resistant genes to determine the contamination characteristics of antibiotic-related pollution in fresh and stored urine. Results showed that 18 out of 30 typical antibiotics were detected in fresh source-separated human urine. The dominant antibiotic was oxytetracycline with a frequency of 100%, followed by tetracycline, sparfloxacin, enrofloxacin, and ofloxacin, which demonstrated a detection frequency of 55%. Among the detected values, sulfonamides (2 antibiotics), tetracyclines (4 antibiotics), and fluoroquinolones (12 antibiotics) had a concentration range of 0.25-2.94, 0.94-41.2, and 0.06-163.16 ng/mL, respectively. Furthermore, tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli, which was measured using plate count method, and its related gene, tet M, exhibited a maximum cell density of (200,000 ± 5000) CFU/100 mL and (2.73 ± 0.261) × 107 copies/mL, respectively. When the fresh urine was stored in an ambient environment for 30 days to simulate the real circumstances of urine management, a significant reduction in antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria was observed, while the change in antibiotic-resistant genes was insignificant. The results of this study suggest that risks associated with antibiotics and their antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes are retained during collection and storage. Hence, these kinds of microcontaminants must be considered in further urine utilization.
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- Xiaoqin Zhou
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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Arredondo A, Blanc V, Mor C, Nart J, León R. Tetracycline and multidrug resistance in the oral microbiota: differences between healthy subjects and patients with periodontitis in Spain. J Oral Microbiol 2020; 13:1847431. [PMID: 33391624 PMCID: PMC7717685 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2020.1847431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Introduction: Antibiotic resistance is widely found even among bacterial populations not having been exposed to selective pressure by antibiotics, such as tetracycline. In this study we analyzed the tetracycline-resistant subgingival microbiota of healthy subjects and of patients with periodontitis, comparing the prevalence of tet genes and their multidrug resistance profiles. Methods: Samples from 259 volunteers were analyzed, obtaining 813 tetracycline-resistant isolates. The prevalence of 12 antibiotic resistance genes was assessed, and multidrug profiles were built. Each isolate was identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. Differences in qualitative data and quantitative data were evaluated using the chi-square test and the Mann-Whitney-U test, respectively. Results: tet(M) was the most frequently detected tet gene (52.03%). We observed significant differences between the prevalence of tet(M), tet(W), tet(O), tet(32) and tet(L) in both populations studied. Multidrug resistance was largely observed, with resistance to kanamycin being the most detected (83.64%). There were significant differences between the populations in the prevalence of kanamycin, chloramphenicol, and cefotaxime resistance. Resistant isolates showed significantly different prevalence between the two studied groups. Conclusion: The high prevalence of multidrug resistance and tetracycline resistance genes found in the subgingival microbiota, highlights the importance of performing wider and more in-depth analysis of antibiotic resistance in the oral microbiota.
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- Alexandre Arredondo
- Department of Microbiology, Dentaid Research Center, Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain.,Departament De Genètica I Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Dentaid Research Center, Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
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- Department of Periodontology, Universitat Internacional De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Periodontology, Universitat Internacional De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Dentaid Research Center, Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
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Wang Z, Han M, Li E, Liu X, Wei H, Yang C, Lu S, Ning K. Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in an agriculturally disturbed lake in China: Their links with microbial communities, antibiotics, and water quality. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 393:122426. [PMID: 32143164 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, six antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), one mobile genetic element (int1), and their relation with microbial communities, antibiotics, and water quality were investigated in and around of an agriculturally disturbed lake, namely, Lake Honghu. The ARGs and int1 in the research area had a 100 % detection frequency in each sample during two sampling times. The ARGs were higher in the rivers and inlets than in Lake Honghu. Sul1 was the main ARG in this area. Antibiotics, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen were significantly, positively, and negatively correlated with nearly all of the ARGs, respectively. This finding suggests that reducing antibiotics and the eutrophication level could reduce the risk of ARGs. Microbial community shift had the most direct contribution to ARG variation. However, when the indirect effect was considered, environmental factors contributed 34 % to the ARGs' variance, the microbial community contributed 28 %, and their joint effect contributed 27 % to the ARG profiles. The abundance of Firmicutes, Gemmatimonadetes, Proteobacteria, etc. and their positive correlation with ARGs were significant, suggesting that these phyla probably carry ARGs. The study provides a systematic profile of ARG distribution and dissemination in a typical Chinese lake and new ideas to control this emerging contaminant in lakes.
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- Zhi Wang
- Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei Province, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, Hubei, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei Province, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei Province, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei Province, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei Province, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, Hubei, China
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- 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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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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Huyan J, Tian Z, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Shi Y, Gillings MR, Yang M. Dynamics of class 1 integrons in aerobic biofilm reactors spiked with antibiotics. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2020; 140:105816. [PMID: 32474215 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Class 1 integrons are strongly associated with the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. However, little is known about whether the presence of antibiotics affects the abundance of integrons and antibiotic resistance genes during biological wastewater treatment. To explore the roles of class 1 integrons in spreading antibiotic resistance genes in environmental compartments, the dynamics of integrons were followed in biofilm reactors treating synthetic wastewater respectively spiked with streptomycin (STM) and oxytetracycline (OTC). The relative abundance of the integron-integrase gene (intI1) increased 12 or 29-fold respectively when treated with STM or OTC, under incrementally increasing dosage regimes from 0 to 50 mg L-1. Significant increases in intI1 abundance initially occurred at an antibiotic dose of 0.1 mg L-1. At the beginning of the experiment, 51% to 64% of integrons carried no gene cassettes. In STM and OTC spiked systems, there was a significant increase in the proportion of integrons that contained resistance gene cassettes, particularly at intermediate and higher antibiotic concentrations. Gene cassettes encoding resistance to aminoglycosides, trimethoprim, beta-lactam, erythromycin, and quaternary ammonium compounds were all detected in the treated systems. Three tetracycline resistance genes (tetA, tetC, tetG) were significantly correlated with the abundance of intI1 (p < 0.01), despite no tet resistance being present as a gene cassette. Genome sequencing of isolates showed synteny between the tet resistance genes and intI1, mediated through linkage to transposable elements including Tn3, IS26 and ISCR3. Class 1 integrons appeared to be under positive selection in the presence of antibiotics, and might have actively acquired new gene cassettes during the experiment.
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- Jiaoqi Huyan
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yu-Quan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yu-Quan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yu-Quan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yu-Quan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
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A capacitive immunosensor for tetracycline estimation using antibody modified polytyramine-alkanethiol ultra-thin film on gold. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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