与废水到大气之间可吸入生物气溶胶相关的抗生素抗性组:移动性、细菌宿主、来源贡献和抗性组风险。
Antibiotic resistome associated with inhalable bioaerosols from wastewater to atmosphere: Mobility, bacterial hosts, source contributions and resistome risk.
机构信息
School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, PR China.
School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, PR China.
出版信息
Water Res. 2023 Sep 1;243:120403. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120403. Epub 2023 Jul 24.
Antibiotic resistome can be carried by the bioaerosols and propagate from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to the atmosphere, but questions remain regarding their mobility, bacterial hosts, source, and resistome risk. Here, fine particulate matter (PM) was collected within and around a large WWTP and analyzed by the metagenomic assembly and binning. PM was discovered with increasing enrichment of total antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), potentially mobile ARGs, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) along the WWTP-downwind-upwind gradient. Some ARGs were found to be flanked by certain mobile genetic elements and generally mediated by plasmids in WWTP-PM. Totally, 198 metagenome assembled genomes assigning to seven phyla were identified as the ARB, and a contig-based analysis indicated that 32 pathogens were revealed harboring at least two ARGs. Despite disparate aerosolization potentials of ARGs or ARB at different WWTP units, high resistome risks were found, along with the dominant contribution of wastewater for airborne ARGs (44.79-62.82%) and ARB (35.03-40.10%). Among the detected WWTP matrices, the sludge dewatering room was characterized by the highest resistome risk associated with PM. This study underscores the dispersion of ARGs and ARB from WWTPs to the atmosphere and provides a reference for managing risks of antibiotic resistance.
抗生素耐药组可以由生物气溶胶携带,并从污水处理厂 (WWTP) 传播到大气中,但关于它们的迁移性、细菌宿主、来源和耐药组风险仍存在一些问题。在这里,通过宏基因组组装和分类,收集了大型 WWTP 内和周围的细颗粒物 (PM) 并进行了分析。发现 PM 中总抗生素耐药基因 (ARGs)、潜在可移动 ARGs 和抗药性细菌 (ARB) 的富集度随着 WWTP-下风-上风梯度的增加而增加。一些 ARGs 被发现被某些可移动遗传元件包围,并且通常在 WWTP-PM 中由质粒介导。总共鉴定出 198 个属于七个门的宏基因组组装基因组作为 ARB,基于连续体的分析表明,32 种病原体至少携带两个 ARGs。尽管不同 WWTP 单元中 ARGs 或 ARB 的气溶胶化潜力不同,但仍发现存在高耐药组风险,同时,废水对空气传播 ARGs(44.79-62.82%)和 ARB(35.03-40.10%)的贡献占主导地位。在所检测的 WWTP 基质中,污泥脱水室的特点是与 PM 相关的耐药组风险最高。本研究强调了 ARGs 和 ARB 从 WWTP 到大气中的扩散,并为管理抗生素耐药性风险提供了参考。