Transfer of antibiotic resistance plasmids in pure and activated sludge cultures in the presence of environmentally representative micro-contaminant concentrations
- Authors
- Kim, Sungpyo; Yun, Zuwhan; Ha, Un-Hwan; Lee, Seokho; Park, Hongkeun; Kwon, Eilhann E.; Cho, Yunchul; Choung, Sungwook; Oh, Junsik; Medriano, Carl Angelo; Chandran, Kartik
- Issue Date
- 15-1월-2014
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Antibiotic resistance gene; Conjugation; Tetracycline; Sulfamethoxazole; Activated sludge
- Citation
- SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, v.468, pp.813 - 820
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
- Volume
- 468
- Start Page
- 813
- End Page
- 820
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/99531
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.100
- ISSN
- 0048-9697
- Abstract
- The presence of antibiotics in the natural environment has been a growing issue. This presence could also account for the influence that affects microorganisms in such a way that they develop resistance against these antibiotics. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the antibiotic resistant gene (ARC) plasrnid transfer can be facilitated by the impact of 1) environmentally representative micro-contaminant concentrations in ppb (part per billion) levels and 2) donor-recipient microbial complexity (pure vs. mixed). For this purpose, the multidrug resistant plasmid, pB10, and Escherichia coli DH5 alpha were used as a model plasmid and a model donor, respectively. Based on conjugation experiments with pure (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAKexoT) and mixed (activated sludge) cultures as recipients, increased relative plasmid transfer frequencies were observed at ppb (mu g/L) levels of tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole micro-contaminant exposure. When sludge, a more complex community, was used as a recipient, the increases of the plasmid transfer rate were always statistically significant but not always in P. aeruginosa. The low concentration (10 ppb) of tetracycline exposure led to the pB10 transfer to enteric bacteria, which are clinically important pathogens. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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