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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 505, Issue -, Pages 704-711Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.048
Keywords
Antibiotics; Tetracyclines; Bacteria; Resistance; Genes; Wastewater; River
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- National Science Center (Poland) [N N305 164339]
- National Science Center (Poland) [N N305 164339]
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The aim of this study was to identify tetracycline resistance determinants that could be used as molecular indicators of anthropogenic changes in aquatic environments. Two parallel approaches were used to examine the prevalence of tetgenes: a culture-based method involving standard PCR and a method relying on quantitative PCR. The studied site was the Lyna River in Olsztyn (Poland). The culture-dependent method revealed that the concentrations of doxycycline-resistant bacteria harboring the tet(B) gene were higher in wastewater and downstream river samples than in upstream water samples. The tet(B) gene was transferred from environmental bacteria to Fscherichia coll. The results generated by the culture-independent method validated statistically significant differences in tet(B) concentrations between upstream and downstream river sections, and revealed that tet(B) levels were correlated with the presence of other tetracycline resistance genes, dissolved oxygen concentrations, temperature and doxycycline concentrations in water. Our findings indicate that doxycyclineresistant bacteria, in particular E. coli harboring tet(B) or increased concentrations of tet(B), are potentially robust indicators of changes in water environments. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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