The Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistome in Soil under Biodegradable Composite Carbon Source Amendment

The decomposition of biodegradable composite carbon sources generates a large amount of biodegradable microplastics, which may not only furnish microbial denitrification, but might also pose potential environmental risks. In the present study, the effects of different dosages of a biodegradable comp...

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Main Authors: Zhongchen Yang, Yanhong Lou, Xianghui Yan, Hong Pan, Hui Wang, Quangang Yang, Yajie Sun, Yuping Zhuge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Xenobiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4713/13/3/27
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Summary:The decomposition of biodegradable composite carbon sources generates a large amount of biodegradable microplastics, which may not only furnish microbial denitrification, but might also pose potential environmental risks. In the present study, the effects of different dosages of a biodegradable composite carbon source on the microbial communities, the nitrogen metabolic pathways and the antibiotic resistome were explored through Illumina MiSeq sequencing analysis and metagenomic analysis. The results of partial least-square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) demonstrated that the response of the bacterial community to a biodegradable composite carbon source was more obvious than the fungal community. The application of biodegradable microplastics diminished the complexity of the microbial communities to some extent and obviously stimulated denitrification. Antibiotics resistance gene (ARG) dispersal was not evidently accelerated after the addition of biodegradable composite carbon source. <i>Lysobacter</i>, <i>Methylobacillus</i>, <i>Phyllobacterium</i>, <i>Sinorhizobium</i>, <i>Sphingomonas</i> from <i>Proteobacteria</i> and <i>Actinomadura</i>, <i>Agromyces</i>, <i>Gaiella</i> and <i>Micromonospora</i> from <i>Actinobacteria</i> were the major ARG hosts. Overall, the addition of a biodegradable composite carbon source shaped microbial communities and their antibiotic resistance profiles in this study.
ISSN:2039-4705
2039-4713