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Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Residues in Wastewater and Soil Adjacent to Swine Feedlots: Potential Transfer to Agricultural Lands
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Journal Article
Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Residues in Wastewater and Soil Adjacent to Swine Feedlots: Potential Transfer to Agricultural Lands
2012
Overview
Background: Inappropriate use of antibiotics in swine feed could cause accelerated emergence of antibiotic resistance genes, and agricultural application of swine waste could spread antibiotic resistance genes to the surrounding environment. Objectives: We investigated the distribution of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes from swine feedlots and their surrounding environment. Methods: We used a culture-independent method to identify PMQR genes and estimate their levels in wastewater from seven swine feedlot operations and corresponding wastewater-irrigated farm fields. Concentrations of (fluoro) quinolones in wastewater and soil samples were determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography— electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Results: The predominant PMQR genes in both the wastewater and soil samples were qnrD, qepA, and oqxB, whereas qnrS and oqxA were present only in wastewater samples. Absolute concentrations of all PMQR genes combined ranged from 1.66 x 10⁷ to 4.06 x 10⁸ copies/mL in wastewater and 4.06 x 10⁶ to 9.52 x 10⁷ copies/g in soil. Concentrations of (fluoro) quinolones ranged from 4.57 to 321 ng/mL in wastewater and below detection limit to 23.4 ng/g in soil. Significant correlations were found between the relative abundance of PMQR genes and (fluoro) quinolone concentrations (r = 0.71, p = 0.005) and the relative abundance of PMQR genes in paired wastewater and agricultural soil samples (r = 0.91, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Swine feedlot wastewater may be a source of PMQR genes that could facilitate the spread of antibiotic resistance. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the occurrence of PMQR genes in animal husbandry environments using a culture-independent method.
Publisher
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,US Department of Health and Human Services
Subject
/ Animals
/ Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Environment. Living conditions
/ Environmental pollutants toxicology
/ Farming
/ Farms
/ Feedlots
/ Genes
/ Plasmids
/ Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
/ Soil Pollutants - pharmacology
/ Soils
/ Swine
/ Water
