Inactivation of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater effluent by chlorination and sequential UV/chlorination disinfection

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 512-513, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-132

  Zhang, Yingying ^a   Zhuang, Yao ^a   Geng, Jinju ^a   Ren, Hongqiang ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ding, Lili ^a   Xu, Ke ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Antibiotic resistance genes; Chlorination; Sequential UV chlorination; UV disinfection

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTICS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GENES; IRRADIATION; METADATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; RNA;

AMMONIA NITROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SECOND-ORDER REACTION; SEQUENTIAL UV/CHLORINATION; TRANSFORMATION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UV DISINFECTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; CHEMICAL TERATOGEN; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; NITROGEN; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; EFFLUENT; GENE INACTIVATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTI1 GENE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; SUL1 GENE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TETG GENE; TETX GENE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HALOGENATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HALOGENATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84921525648     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.028     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Al-Gabr H.M., Zheng T.L., Yu X. Inactivation of Aspergillus flavus in drinking water after treatment with UV irradiation followed by chlorination. Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 463:525-529.
2. Anastasi E.M., Wohlsen T.D., Stratton H.M., Katouli M. Survival of Escherichia coli in two sewage treatment plants using UV irradiation and chlorination for disinfection. Water Res. 2013, 47:6670-6679.
3. Armstrong J.L., Calomiris J.J., Seidler R.J. Selection of antibiotic-resistant standard plate-count bacteria during water-treatment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1982, 44:308-316.
4. Auerbach E.A., Seyfried E.E., McMahon K.D. Tetracycline resistance genes in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. Water Res. 2007, 41:1143-1151.
5. Bekink M.J., Nozaic D.J. Assessment of a chlorine dioxide proprietary product for water and wastewater disinfection. Water SA 2013, 39:375-377.
6. Bolton J.R., Linden K.G. Standardization of methods for fluence (UV dose) determination in bench-scale UV experiments. J. Environ. Eng. ASCE 2003, 129:209-215.
7. Burch T.R., Sadowsky M.J., LaPara T.M. Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons in soil microcosms following the application of treated residual municipal wastewater solids. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48:5620-5627.
8. Chen H., Zhang M.M. Occurrence and removal of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater and rural domestic sewage treatment systems in eastern China. Environ. Int. 2013, 55:9-14.
9. Chen R.Z., Craik S.A., Bolton J.R. Comparison of the action spectra and relative DNA absorbance spectra of microorganisms: information important for the determination of germicidal fluence (UV dose) in an ultraviolet disinfection of water. Water Res. 2009, 43:5087-5096.
10. Chen B.W., Yang Y., Liang X.M., Yu K., Zhang T., Li X.D. Metagenomic profiles of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) between human impacted estuary and deep ocean sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47:12753-12760.
11. Cheng W.X., Chen H., Su C., Yan S.H. Abundance and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in livestock farms: a comprehensive investigation in eastern China. Environ. Int. 2013, 61:1-7.
12. Demoulin G., Rudiger A., Goronszy M.C. Cyclic activated sludge technology-recent operating experience with a 90,000 pe plant in Germany. Water Sci. Technol. 2001, 43:331-337.
13. Dodd M.C. Potential impacts of disinfection processes on elimination and deactivation of antibiotic resistance genes during water and wastewater treatment. J. Environ. Monit. 2012, 14:1754-1771.
14. 2O-MBR system. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2014, 21:7276-7284.
15. Environmental Protection Agency of China Water and Wastewater Monitoring Methods 2002, Chinese Environmental Science Publishing House, Beijing. 4th ed.
16. 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. Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 421-422:173-183.
17. Guo M.T., Yuan Q.B., Yang J. Microbial selectivity of UV treatment on antibiotic-resistant heterotrophic bacteria in secondary effluents of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Water Res. 2013, 47:6388-6394.
18. Guo M.T., Yuan Q.B., Yang J. Ultraviolet reduction of erythromycin and tetracycline resistant heterotrophic bacteria and their resistance genes in municipal wastewater. Chemosphere 2013, 93:2864-2868.
19. Huang J.J., Hu H.Y., Tang F., Li Y., Lu S.Q., Lu Y. Inactivation and reactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by chlorination in secondary effluents of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Water Res. 2011, 45:2775-2781.
20. Jiang L., Hu X.L., Xu T., Zhang H.C., Sheng D., Yin D.Q. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes and their relationship with antibiotics in the Huangpu River and the drinking water sources, Shanghai, China. Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 458:267-272.
21. Ju F., Xia Y., Guo F., Wang Z., Zhang T. Taxonomic relatedness shapes bacterial assembly in activated sludge of globally distributed wastewater treatment plants. Environ. Microbiol. 2014, 16:2421-2432.
22. Kemper N. Veterinary antibiotics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment. Ecol. Indic. 2008, 8:1-13.
23. Koivunen J., Heinonen-Tanski H. Inactivation of enteric microorganisms with chemical disinfectants, UV irradiation and combined chemical/UV treatments. Water Res. 2005, 39:1519-1526.
24. Laht M., Karkman A., Voolaid V., Ritz C., Tenson T., Virta M., et al. Abundances of tetracycline, sulphonamide and beta-lactam antibiotic resistance genes in conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with different waste load. PLoS ONE 2014, 9(8):e103705.
25. 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. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45:9543-9549.
26. Li B., Zhang T. pH significantly affects removal of trace antibiotics in chlorination of municipal wastewater. Water Res. 2012, 46:3703-3713.
27. Li B., Zhang T. Different removal behaviours of multiple trace antibiotics in municipal wastewater chlorination. Water Res. 2013, 47:2970-2982.
28. Ma L., Zhang X.X., Cheng S., Zhang Z., Shi P., Liu B., et al. Occurrence, abundance and elimination of class 1 integrons in one municipal sewage treatment plant. Ecotoxicology 2011, 20:968-973.
29. Macauley J.J., Qiang Z., Adams C.D., Surampalli R., Mormile M.R. Disinfection of swine wastewater using chlorine, ultraviolet light and ozone. Water Res. 2006, 40:2017-2026.
30. Mazel D. Integrons: agents of bacterial evolution. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2006, 4:608-620.
31. McKinney C.W., Pruden A. Ultraviolet disinfection of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their antibiotic resistance genes in water and wastewater. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46:13393-13400.
32. Michael I., Rizzo L., McArdell C.S., Manaia C.M., Merlin C., Schwartz T., et al. Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: a review. Water Res. 2013, 47:957-995.
33. Murray G.E., Tobin R.S., Junkins B., Kushner D.J. Effect of chlorination on antibiotic-resistance profiles of sewage-related bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1984, 48:73-77.
34. Oh J., Salcedo D.E., Medriano C.A., Kim S. Comparison of different disinfection processes in the effective removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes. J. Environ. Sci. (China) 2014, 26:1238-1242.
35. 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 Res. 2006, 40:2427-2435.
36. Pruden A., Pei R.T., Storteboom H., Carlson K.H. Antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants: studies in northern Colorado. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:7445-7450.
37. Qiang Z.M., Adams C.D. Determination of monochloramine formation rate constants with stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:1435-1444.
38. Qiang Z.M., Macauley J.J., Mormile M.R., Surampalli R., Adams C.D. Treatment of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria in swine wastewater with free chlorine. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2006, 54:8144-8154.
39. Rizzo L., Manaia C., Merlin C., Schwartz T., Dagot C., Ploy M.C., et al. Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: a review. Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 447:345-360.
40. Rizzo L., Fiorentino A., Anselmo A. Advanced treatment of urban wastewater by UV radiation: effect on antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains. Chemosphere 2013, 92:171-176.
41. Shang C., Cheung L.M., Liu W. MS2 coliphage inactivation with UV irradiation and free chlorine/monochloramine. Environ. Eng. Sci. 2007, 24:1321-1332.
42. Shi P., Jia S.Y., Zhang X.X., Zhang T., Cheng S.P., Li A.M. Metagenomic insights into chlorination effects on microbial antibiotic resistance in drinking water. Water Res. 2013, 47:111-120.
43. Su J.Q., Wei B., Xu C.Y., Qiao M., Zhu Y.G. Functional metagenomic characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soils from China. Environ. Int. 2014, 65:9-15.
44. Suquet C., Warren J.J., Seth N., Hurst J.K. Comparative study of HOCl-inflicted damage to bacterial DNA ex vivo and within cells. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 2010, 493:135-142.
45. 2 nanoparticles/near-UV on DNA molecules. Water Sci. Technol. 2011, 64:1226-1232.
46. Wang L.S., Hu H.Y., Wang C. Effect of ammonia nitrogen and dissolved organic matter fractions on the genotoxicity of wastewater effluent during chlorine disinfection. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:160-165.
47. Wang X.J., Hu X.X., Wang H.B., Hu C. Synergistic effect of the sequential use of UV irradiation and chlorine to disinfect reclaimed water. Water Res. 2012, 46:1225-1232.
48. Xu J., Xu Y., Wang H.M., Guo C.S., Qiu H.Y., He Y., et al. Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in a sewage treatment plant and its effluent-receiving river. Chemosphere 2015, 119:1379-1385.
49. Yang Y., Li B., Zou S., Fang H.H., Zhang T. Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in sewage treatment plant revealed by metagenomic approach. Water Res. 2014, 62:97-106.
50. Yuan Q.B., Guo M.T., Yang J. Monitoring and assessing the impact of wastewater treatment on release of both antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their typical genes in a Chinese municipal wastewater treatment plant. Environ. Sci. Process. Impacts 2014, 16:1930-1937.