Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations

The impact of different concentrations of tetracycline on the performance of anaerobic treatment was evaluated. Results revealed that for all of the tested tetracycline concentrations, no major sustained impact on methane production was observed. Instead, a significant increase in propionic acid was...

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Main Author: Xiong, Yanghui (author)
Other Authors: Harb, Moustapha (author), Hong, Pei-Ying (author)
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Published: 2017
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Xiong, Y., Harb, M., & Hong, P. Y. (2017). Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 101(13), 5505-5517.
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description The impact of different concentrations of tetracycline on the performance of anaerobic treatment was evaluated. Results revealed that for all of the tested tetracycline concentrations, no major sustained impact on methane production was observed. Instead, a significant increase in propionic acid was observed in the reactor subjected to the highest concentration of tetracycline (20 mg/L). Microbial community analyses suggest that an alternative methanogenic pathway, specifically that of methanol-utilizing methanogens, may be important for ensuring the stability of methane production in the presence of high tetracycline concentrations. In addition, the accumulation of propionate was due to an increase in volatile fatty acids (VFA)-producing bacteria coupled with a reduction in propionate utilizers. An increase in the abundance of tetracycline resistance genes associated with ribosomal protection proteins was observed after 30 days of exposure to high concentrations of tetracycline, while other targeted resistance genes showed no significant changes. These findings suggest that anaerobic treatment processes can robustly treat wastewater with varying concentrations of antibiotics while also deriving value-added products and minimizing the dissemination of associated antibiotic resistance genes.
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spelling Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrationsXiong, YanghuiHarb, MoustaphaHong, Pei-YingThe impact of different concentrations of tetracycline on the performance of anaerobic treatment was evaluated. Results revealed that for all of the tested tetracycline concentrations, no major sustained impact on methane production was observed. Instead, a significant increase in propionic acid was observed in the reactor subjected to the highest concentration of tetracycline (20 mg/L). Microbial community analyses suggest that an alternative methanogenic pathway, specifically that of methanol-utilizing methanogens, may be important for ensuring the stability of methane production in the presence of high tetracycline concentrations. In addition, the accumulation of propionate was due to an increase in volatile fatty acids (VFA)-producing bacteria coupled with a reduction in propionate utilizers. An increase in the abundance of tetracycline resistance genes associated with ribosomal protection proteins was observed after 30 days of exposure to high concentrations of tetracycline, while other targeted resistance genes showed no significant changes. These findings suggest that anaerobic treatment processes can robustly treat wastewater with varying concentrations of antibiotics while also deriving value-added products and minimizing the dissemination of associated antibiotic resistance genes.PublishedN/A2019-03-08T14:43:18Z2019-03-08T14:43:18Z20172019-03-08Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1432-0614http://hdl.handle.net/10725/10154http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8253-1Xiong, Y., Harb, M., & Hong, P. Y. (2017). Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 101(13), 5505-5517.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-017-8253-1enApplied Microbiology and Biotechnologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/101542021-03-19T10:45:25Z
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title Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations
title_full Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations
title_fullStr Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations
title_full_unstemmed Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations
title_short Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations
title_sort Performance and microbial community variations of anaerobic digesters under increasing tetracycline concentrations
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/10154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8253-1
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-017-8253-1