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Effects of biochar on reducing the abundance of oxytetracycline, antibiotic resistance genes, and human pathogenic bacteria in soil and lettuce

Duan, Manli, Li, Haichao, Gu, Jie, Tuo, Xiaxia, Sun, Wei, Qian, Xun, Wang, Xiaojuan·2017·Environmental Pollution
DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.021
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Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil can affect human health via the food chain. Biochar is a soil amendment but its impacts on ARGs and the microbial communities associated with soil and vegetables are unclear. Therefore, we established three lettuce pot culture experiments, i.e., O300: 300 mg/kg oxytetracycline (OTC), BO300: 300 mg/kg OTC + 2% biochar, and a control without OTC or biochar. We found that under BO300, the relative abundances of ARGs were reduced by 51.8%, 43.4%, and 44.1% in lettuce leaves, roots, and soil, respectively, compared with O300. intI1 was highly abundant in soil and lettuce, and it co-occurred with some ARGs (tetW, ermF, and sul1). Redundancy analysis and network analysis indicated that the bacterial community succession was the main mechanism that affected the variations in ARGs and intI1. The reduction of Firmicutes due to the biochar treatment of soil and lettuce was the main factor responsible for the removal of tetracycline resistance genes in leaves. Biochar application led to the disappearance of human pathogenic bacteria (HPB), which was significantly correlated with the abundances of ermF and ermX. In summary, biochar is an effective farmland amendment for reducing the abundances of antibiotics, ARGs, and HPB in order to ensure the safety of vegetables and protect human health.

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Authors
Duan, M., Li, H., Gu, J., Tuo, X., Sun, W., Qian, X., & Wang, X.
Affiliations
Northwest A&F University (CN)
Corresponding author
Gu, Jie
ORCID
Venue
Environmental Pollution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-05
Volume
224
Pages
787-795
ISSN
0269-7491 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.021
OpenAlex
W2592131167
Cited by
267
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FWCI
8.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Environmental Pollution (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation (41671474, 41601531)
  • Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (201303094)
  • Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (2015-Z37)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Microbiology (medical) › Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Keywords
biochar, oxytetracycline, antibiotic resistance genes, human pathogenic bacteria, lettuce, soil amendment, tetracycline resistance, intI1, Firmicutes, bacterial community succession, food safety
MeSH terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents, Bacteria, Charcoal, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Genes, Bacterial, Oxytetracycline, Soil Microbiology, Tetracycline, Lactuca

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