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dc.title | Proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes in microbial consortia of sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) upon exposure to trace erythromycin or erythromycin-H2O | |
dc.contributor.author | Fan, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | He, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-09T07:38:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-09T07:38:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fan, C., He, J. (2011-05). Proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes in microbial consortia of sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) upon exposure to trace erythromycin or erythromycin-H2O. Water Research 45 (10) : 3098-3106. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.025 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00431354 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/91158 | |
dc.description.abstract | A variety of antibiotics and their metabolites at sub-inhibitory level concentrations are suspected to expand resistance genes in the environment. However, knowledge is limited on the causal correlation of trace antibiotics or their metabolites with resistance proliferation. In this study, erythromycin (ERY) resistance genes were screened on microbial consortia of sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) after one year acclimation to ERY (100 μg/L) or dehydrated erythromycin (ERY-H2O, 50 μg/L). The identified esterase gene ereA explains that ERY could be degraded to six products by microbes acclimated to ERY (100 μg/L). However, ERY could not be degraded by microbes acclimated to ERY-H2O (50 μg/L), which may be due to the less proliferated ereA gene. Biodegradation of ERY required the presence of exogenous carbon source (e.g., glucose) and nutrients (e.g., nitrogen, phosphorus) for assimilation, but overdosed ammonium-N (>40 mg/L) inhibited degradation of ERY. Zoogloea, a kind of biofilm formation bacteria, became predominant in the ERY degradation consortia, suggesting that the input of ERY could induce biofilm resistance to antibiotics. Our study highlights that lower μg/L level of ERY or ERY-H2O in the environment encourages expansion of resistance genes in microbes. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.025 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Antibiotics | |
dc.subject | Biodegradation | |
dc.subject | Dehydrated erythromycin (ERY-H2O) | |
dc.subject | Erythromycin (ERY) | |
dc.subject | Esterase | |
dc.subject | Resistance | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.025 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Water Research | |
dc.description.volume | 45 | |
dc.description.issue | 10 | |
dc.description.page | 3098-3106 | |
dc.description.coden | WATRA | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000291087300008 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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