Effect of temperature on sulfonamide antibiotics degradation, and on antibiotic resistance determinants and hosts in animal manures

Animal manure is a main reservoir of antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance. Here, the effect of temperature on sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs), sulfonamide-resistant (SR) genes/bacteria was investigated by aerobically incubating swine and chicken manures at different temperatures. In swine man...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment Vol. 607-608; pp. 725 - 732
Main Authors: Lin, Hui, Zhang, Jin, Chen, Hongjin, Wang, Jianmei, Sun, Wanchun, Zhang, Xin, Yang, Yuyi, Wang, Qiang, Ma, Junwei
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 31.12.2017
Subjects:
Animal manure
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - analysis
antibiotic residues
antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance gene
antibiotics
bacteria
Bacteria - classification
bacterial communities
Chickens
Corynebacterium
Drug Resistance, Bacterial - genetics
genes
Genes, Bacterial
genetic resistance
hosts
Leucobacter
Manure
mesosphere
pig manure
pollution
poultry manure
Resistant bacteria
Sulfonamide antibiotic
Sulfonamides - analysis
Swine
Temperature
Resistant bacteria
Animal manure
Temperature
Sulfonamide antibiotic
Antibiotic resistance gene
ISSN:0048-9697, 1879-1026, 1879-1026
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Summary:Animal manure is a main reservoir of antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance. Here, the effect of temperature on sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs), sulfonamide-resistant (SR) genes/bacteria was investigated by aerobically incubating swine and chicken manures at different temperatures. In swine manure, the SAs concentration declined with increasing temperature, with a minimum at 60°C. In chicken manure, the greatest degradation of SAs was noted at 30°C. The reduction of relative abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and sul-positive hosts in swine manure was more pronounced during thermophilic than mesospheric incubation; neither temperature conditions effectively reduced these parameters in chicken manure. The relationship between the residual levels/distribution profiles of SAs, ARGs (sul1, sul2 and intI1), cultivable SR bacteria and sul-positive hosts was further established. The antibiotic residual profile, rather than antibiotic concentration, acted as an important factor in the prevalence of ARGs and sul-positive hosts in manure. Corynebacterium and Leucobacter from the phylum Actinobacteria tend to be main carriers of sul1 and intI1; the relative abundance of sul2 was significantly correlated with the relative abundance of cultivable SR bacteria. Overall, differences in resistant bacterial communities also constitute a dominant factor affecting ARG variation. This study contributes to management options for reducing the pollution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance within manure. [Display omitted] •Temperature response of sulfonamide resistance in manure during aerobic incubation•The effect of temperature on SAs and SR gene/bacteria vary with manure types•Thermophilic removal of SAs and SR genes/bacteria is only evident in swine manure•The antibiotic residual profile affects the prevalence of SR genes/bacteria in manure•Differences in SR bacterial communities influence temperature responses of ARGs
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ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.057