Antibiotic Resistance in Marine Microbial Communities Proximal to a Florida Sewage Outfall System.
| Autor: | Griffin DW; U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33772, USA., Banks K; Broward County, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Room 329-H, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, USA., Gregg K; ERT, Inc., NOAA-Fisheries Service, 400 North Congress Avenue, Suite 270, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA., Shedler S; Biological Oceanography Department, University of South Florida, College of Marine Sciences, 830 1st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA., Walker BK; Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University, 8000 North Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) [Antibiotics (Basel)] 2020 Mar 11; Vol. 9 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 11. |
| DOI: | 10.3390/antibiotics9030118 |
| Abstrakt: | Water samples were collected at several wastewater treatment plants in southeast Florida, and water and sediment samples were collected along and around one outfall pipe, as well as along several transects extending both north and south of the respective outfall outlet. Two sets of samples were collected to address potential seasonal differences, including 38 in the wet season (June 2018) and 42 in the dry season (March 2019). Samples were screened for the presence/absence of 15 select antibiotic resistance gene targets using the polymerase chain reaction. A contrast between seasons was found, with a higher frequency of detections occurring in the wet season and fewer during the dry season. These data illustrate an anthropogenic influence on offshore microbial genetics and seasonal flux regarding associated health risks to recreational users and the regional ecosystem. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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