Propagation of antibiotic resistance genes during anaerobic digestion of thermally hydrolyzed sludge and their correlation with extracellular polymeric substances.

Autor: Haffiez N; Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, 116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada., Azizi SMM; Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, 116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada., Zakaria BS; Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, 116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada., Dhar BR; Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, 116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada. bipro@ualberta.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2022 Apr 25; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 6749. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 25.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10764-1
Abstrakt: The positive impact of the thermal hydrolysis process (THP) of sewage sludge on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) removal during anaerobic digestion (AD) has been reported in the literature. However, little information is available on how changes in different extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) due to THP can influence ARG propagation during AD. This study focused on systematically correlating EPS components and ARG abundance in AD of sewage sludge pretreated with THP (80 °C, 110 °C, 140 °C, 170 °C). THP under different conditions improved sludge solubilization followed by improved methane yields in the biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. The highest methane yield of 275 ± 11.5 ml CH 4 /g COD was observed for THP-140 °C, which was 40.5 ± 2.5% higher than the control. Increasing THP operating temperatures showed a non-linear response of ARG propagation in AD due to the rebound effect. The highest ARGs removal in AD was achieved with THP at 140 °C. The multivariate analysis showed that EPS polysaccharides positively correlated with most ARGs and integrons, except for macrolides resistance genes. In contrast, EPS protein was only strongly correlated with β-lactam resistance genes. These results suggest that manipulating THP operating conditions targeting specific EPS components will be critical to effectively mitigating the dissemination of particular ARG types in AD.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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