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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 24, Pages 3177-3185Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1181109
Keywords
Anaerobic co-digestion; archaeal community; pig manure; oxytetracycline; tetracycline resistance genes
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- National Natural Science Foundation [41171203]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2452013QN035]
- Chinese Ministry of Agriculture [2015-Z37]
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In this study, the effects of different concentrations of oxytetracycline (OTC) on biogas production, archaeal community structure, and the levels of tetracycline resistance genes (TRGs) were investigated in the anaerobic co-digestion products of pig manure and wheat straw. PCR denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) (PCR) were used to detect the archaeal community structure and the levels of four TRGs: tet(M), tet(Q), tet(W), and tet(C). The results showed that anaerobic co-digestion with OTC at concentrations of 60, 100, and 140mg/kg (dry weight of pig manure) reduced the cumulative biogas production levels by 9.9%, 10.4%, and 14.1%, respectively, compared with that produced by the control, which lacked the antibiotic. The addition of OTC substantially modified the structure of the archaeal community. Two orders were identified by phylogenetic analysis, that is, Pseudomonadales and Methanomicrobiales, and the methanogen present during anaerobic co-digestion with OTC may have been resistant to OTC. The abundances of tet(Q) and tet(W) genes increased as the OTC concentration increased, whereas the abundances of tet(M) and tet(C) genes decreased as the OTC concentration increased.
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