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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 370, Issue -, Pages 91-97Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.09.029
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Antimicrobial activity; Kaolinite; Montmorillonite; Resistance; Tetracycline
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Antibiotics are extremely effective against bacterial infections due to their selective toxicity for bacteria rather than the host. Extensive use and misuse of antibiotics resulted in significant increases in antibiotic levels in aquatic and soil environments. Bacteria exposed to antibiotics with low concentrations may develop antibiotic resistance. In this study a swelling 2:1 clay mineral montmorillonite (MMT) and a non-swelling 1:1 clay mineral kaolinite were premixed with tetracycline (TC) of varying concentrations. The gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Salmonella enterica (S. enterica) of both TC sensitive and TC resistant strains were tested for their growth in the presence TC-loaded clay minerals of different amounts and under different physico-chemical conditions. The antimicrobial activity of TC was significantly decreased in the presence of MMT. In the absence of MMT, no bacteria growth was found at a TC concentration 0.25 mg/mL and above. On the contrast, in the presence of MMT, 50% growth was still found for a TC resistant E. coli at a TC concentration of 5 mg/g. The influence of kaolinite was to a lesser degree. These results suggest that antimicrobial agents present in clayey soils could be responsible for possible mutation of bacteria of high antibiotic resistance. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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