Differentiating anthropogenic impacts on ARGs in the Pearl River Estuary by using suitable gene indicators

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2811-2820

  Chen, Baowei ^a   Liang, Ximei ^b   Huang, Xiaoping ^b   Zhang, Tong ^c   Li, Xiangdong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; ARGs; Distribution ratios; Pearl River Estuary; South China; Tet genes

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEMS; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; DISTRIBUTION RATIO; EFFLUX PUMPS; ESTUARY AREAS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; RIBOSOMAL PROTECTION; SOUTH CHINA; TET GENE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIBIOTICS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PROTEIN; SEASONALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUMMER; TETA GENE; TETB GENE; TETC GENE; TETH GENE; TETM GENE; TETO GENE; TETW GENE; WINTER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84876156453     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.042     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Allen H.K., Donato J., Wang H.H., Cloud-Hansen K.A., Davies J., Handelsman J. Call of the wild: antibiotic resistance genes in natural environments. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2010, 8:251-259.
2. Baquero F., Martinez J.L., Canton R. Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in water environments. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2008, 19:260-265.
3. Chee-Sanford J.C., Mackie R.I., Koike S., Krapac I.G., Lin Y.F., Yannarell A.C., Maxwell S., Aminov R.I. Fate and transport of antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes following land application of manure waste. Journal of Environmental Quality 2009, 38:1086-1108.
4. Cummings D.E., Archer K.F., Arriola D.J., Baker P.A., Faucett K.G., Laroya J.B., Pfeil K.L., Ryan C.R., Ryan K.R.U., Zuill D.E. Broad dissemination of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in sediments of two urban coastal wetlands. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45:447-454.
5. D'Costa V.M., King C.E., Kalan L., Morar M., Sung W.W.L., Schwarz C., Froese D., Zazula G., Calmels F., Debruyne R., Golding G.B., Poinar H.N., Wright G.D. Antibiotic resistance is ancient. Nature 2011, 477:457-461.
6. Dang H., Zhang X., Song L., Chang Y., Yang G. Molecular determination of oxytetracycline-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes from mariculture environments of China. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2007, 103:2580-2592.
7. Davies J., Davies D. Origins and evolution of antibiotic resistance. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 2010, 74:417-433.
8. Dong L.X., Su J.L., Wong L.A., Cao Z.Y., Chen J.C. Seasonal variation and dynamics of the Pearl River plume. Continental Shelf Research 2004, 24:1761-1777.
9. Gao P., Munir M., Xagoraraki I. Correlation of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics with corresponding resistance genes and resistant bacteria in a conventional municipal wastewater treatment plant. Science of the Total Environment 2012, 421:173-183.
10. Giger W. Hydrophilic and amphiphilic water pollutants: using advanced analytical methods for classic and emerging contaminants. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2009, 393:37-44.
11. Graham D.W., Olivares-Rieumont S., Knapp C.W., Lima L., Werner D., Bowen E. Antibiotic resistance gene abundances associated with waste discharges to the Almendares River near Havana, Cuba. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45:418-424.
12. Hamscher G., Pawelzick H.T., Hoper H., Nau H. Different behavior of tetracyclines and sulfonamides in sandy soils after repeated fertilization with liquid manure. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2005, 24:861-868.
13. Ip C.C.M., Li X.D., Zhang G., Farmer J.G., Wai O.W.H., Li Y.S. Over one hundred years of trace metal fluxes in the sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Environmental Pollution 2004, 132:157-172.
14. Ip C.C.M., Li X.D., Zhang G., Wai O.W.H., Li Y.S. Trace metal distribution in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary and the surrounding coastal area, South China. Environmental Pollution 2007, 147:311-323.
15. Jiang S.C., Paul J.H. Gene transfer by transduction in the marine environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1998, 64:2780-2787.
16. Knapp C.W., Dolfing J., Ehlert P.A.I., Graham D.W. Evidence of increasing antibiotic resistance gene abundances in archived soils since 1940. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:580-587.
17. LaPara T.M., Burch T.R., McNamara P.J., Tan D.T., Yan M., Eichmiller J.J. Tertiary-treated municipal wastewater is a significant point source of antibiotic resistance genes into Duluth-Superior Harbor. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45:9543-9549.
18. Larson E. Community factors in the development of antibiotic resistance. Annual Review of Public Health 2007, 28:435-447.
19. Lefticariu L., Blum J.D., Gleason J.D. Mercury isotopic evidence for multiple mercury sources in coal from the Illinois Basin. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45:1724-1729.
20. Li Y.W., Wu X.L., Mo C.H., Tai Y.P., Huang X.P., Xiang L. Investigation of sulfonamide, tetracycline, and quinolone antibiotics in vegetable farmland soil in the Pearl River Delta Area, Southern China. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2011, 59:7268-7276.
21. Luo Y., Mao D.Q., Rysz M., Zhou D.X., Zhang H.J., Xu L., Alvarez P.J.J. Trends in antibiotic resistance genes occurrence in the Haihe River, China. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:7220-7225.
22. Macauley J.J., Adams C.D., Mormile M.R. Diversity of tet resistance genes in tetracycline-resistant bacteria isolated from a swine lagoon with low antibiotic impact. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology 2007, 53:1307-1315.
23. Mai B.X., Chen S.J., Luo X.J., Lin Z., Luo Y., Li K.C., Peng X.Z., Ran Y., Zeng E.Y. Time trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediment cores from the pearl river estuary, south china. Environmental Science & Technology 2007, 41:5595-5600.
24. McKinney C.W., Loftin K.A., Meyer M.T., Davis J.G., Pruden A. tet and sul antibiotic resistance genes in livestock lagoons of various operation type, configuration, and antibiotic occurrence. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:6102-6109.
25. Morris J.G., Shay D.K., Hebden J.N., McCarter R.J., Perdue B.E., Jarvis W., Johnson J.A., Dowling T.C., Polish L.B., Schwalbe R.S. Enterococci resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents, including vancomycin. Establishment of endemicity in a university medical center. Annals of Internal Medicine 1995, 123:250-259.
26. Munir M., Wong K., Xagoraraki I. Release of antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes in the effluent and biosolids of five wastewater utilities in Michigan. Water Research 2011, 45:681-693.
27. Nadkarni M.A., Martin F.E., Jacques N.A., Hunter N. Determination of bacterial load by real-time PCR using a broad-range (universal) probe and primers set. Microbiology-SGM 2002, 148:257-266.
28. Oberle K., Capdeville M.J., Berthe T., Budzinski H., Petit F. Evidence for a complex relationship between antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant Escherichia Coli: from medical center patients to a receiving environment. Environmental Science & Technology 2012, 46:1859-1868.
29. Pei R., Kim S.C., Carlson K.H., Pruden A. Effect of river landscape on the sediment concentrations of antibiotics and corresponding antibiotic resistance genes (ARG). Water Research 2006, 40:2427-2435.
30. Pruden A., Pei R., Storteboom H., Carlson K.H. Antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants: studies in northern Colorado. Environmental Science & Technology 2006, 40:7445-7450.
31. Speltini A., Sturini M., Maraschi F., Profumo A. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics in environmental waters: sample preparation and determination. Journal of Separation Science 2010, 33:1115-1131.
32. Storteboom H., Arabi M., Davis J.G., Crimi B., Pruden A. Identification of antibiotic-resistance-gene molecular signatures suitable as tracers of pristine river, urban, and agricultural sources. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:1947-1953.
33. Storteboom H., Arabi M., Davis J.G., Crimi B., Pruden A. Tracking antibiotic resistance genes in the South Platte River Basin using molecular signatures of urban, agricultural, and pristine sources. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:7397-7404.
34. Su H.C., Ying G.G., Tao R., Zhang R.Q., Fogarty L.R., Kolpin D.W. Occurrence of antibiotic resistance and characterization of resistance genes and integrons in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from integrated fish farms in south China. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2011, 13:3229-3236.
35. Tamminen M., Karkman A., Lohmus A., Muziasari W.I., Takasu H., Wada S., Suzuki S., Virta M. Tetracycline resistance genes persist at aquaculture farms in the absence of selection pressure. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45:386-391.
36. Tao R., Ying G.G., Su H.C., Zhou H.W., Sidhu J.P.S. Detection of antibiotic resistance and tetracycline resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the Pearl Rivers in South China. Environmental Pollution 2010, 158:2101-2109.
37. Thevenon F., Adatte T., Wildi W., Pote J. Antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes dissemination in lacustrine sediments highly increased following cultural eutrophication of Lake Geneva (Switzerland). Chemosphere 2012, 86:468-476.
38. Tomasz A. Multiple-antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria. A report on the Rockefeller University Workshop. The New England Journal of Medicine 1994, 330:1247-1251.
39. Wu N., Qiao M., Zhang B., Cheng W.D., Zhu Y.G. Abundance and diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in soils adjacent to representative swine feedlots in China. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44:6933-6939.
40. Xu W.H., Zhang G., Li X.D., Zou S.C., Li P., Hu Z.H., Li J. Occurrence and elimination of antibiotics at four sewage treatment plants in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South China. Water Research 2007, 41:4526-4534.
41. Xu W.H., Zhang G., Zou S.C., Li X.D., Liu Y.C. Determination of selected antibiotics in the Victoria Harbour and the Pearl River, South China using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Environmental Pollution 2007, 145:672-679.
42. Yang J.F., Ying G.G., Zhao J.L., Tao R., Su H.C., Chen F. Simultaneous determination of four classes of antibiotics in sediments of the Pearl Rivers using RRLC-MS/MS. Science of the Total Environment 2010, 408:3424-3432.
43. Yang J.F., Ying G.G., Zhao J.L., Tao R., Su H.C., Liu Y.S. Spatial and seasonal distribution of selected antibiotics in surface waters of the Pearl Rivers, China. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B. Pesticides, Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes 2011, 46:272-280.
44. Zhang T., Zhang M., Zhang X., Fang H.H. Tetracycline resistance genes and tetracycline resistant lactose-fermenting Enterobacteriaceae in activated sludge of sewage treatment plants. Environmental Science & Technology 2009, 43:3455-3460.
45. Zhang X.X., Zhang T. Occurrence, abundance, and diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants across China and other global locations. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45:2598-2604.
46. Zhang X.X., Zhang T., Fang H. Antibiotic resistance genes in water environment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2009, 82:397-414.
47. Zhou L.J., Ying G.G., Zhao J.L., Yang J.F., Wang L., Yang B., Liu S. Trends in the occurrence of human and veterinary antibiotics in the sediments of the Yellow River, Hai River and Liao River in northern China. Environmental Pollution 2011, 159:1877-1885.