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Article: Quantification and characterization of β-lactam resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants from East Asia and North America

TitleQuantification and characterization of β-lactam resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants from East Asia and North America
Authors
Keywordsβ-lactam resistance genes
Activated sludge
Phylogenetic analysis
Quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR)
Issue Date2012
PublisherSpringer. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00253/index.htm
Citation
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2012, v. 95 n. 5, p. 1351-1358 How to Cite?
AbstractThe emerging antibiotic resistance genes in the aquatic environment have aroused public concern. As beta-lactam is the most widely used group of antibiotics, beta-lactam resistance genes were selected to investigate their distribution and diversity in the activated sludge from 15 geographically different sewage treatment plants (STPs) of China, Singapore, USA, and Canada. Specific PCR and quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR) were used to investigate the occurrence and abundance of nine beta-lactam resistance genes. Five genes (OXA-1, OXA-2, OXA-10, ampC, and TEM-1) were detected in most of the sludge collected, while three genes (mecA, CTX-M-1, and SME) were not found in any sludge sample. The total abundances of the six detected beta-lactam resistance genes in the 15 STPs varied from 5.34 x 10(1) copies/ng DNA (ampC) to 5.49 x 10(4) copies/ng DNA (OXA-1). Overall, OXA-1 had the highest total concentration, followed by IMP and OXA-10. Noticeably, the abundances of TEM-1 in Chinese STPs were generally higher than those in the STPs of other countries, while the abundances of OXA-2 and IMP in the STPs of North America were much greater than those of East Asia. A total of 78 clones carrying beta-lactam resistance genes were randomly selected from six clone libraries for phylogenetic diversity analysis; the similarity of these cloned genes to known beta-lactam resistance genes with sequence identities ranged from 96% to 100%. Furthermore, OXA-1, ampC, and IMP were found to be more diverse than the other beta-lactam resistance genes.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/150634
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dc.contributor.authorYang, Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, XXen_US
dc.contributor.authorLiang, DWen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorGao, DWen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhu, HGen_US
dc.contributor.authorHuang, QGen_US
dc.contributor.authorFang, HHPen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-26T06:06:19Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-26T06:06:19Z-
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.citationApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2012, v. 95 n. 5, p. 1351-1358en_US
dc.identifier.issn0175-7598en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/150634-
dc.description.abstractThe emerging antibiotic resistance genes in the aquatic environment have aroused public concern. As beta-lactam is the most widely used group of antibiotics, beta-lactam resistance genes were selected to investigate their distribution and diversity in the activated sludge from 15 geographically different sewage treatment plants (STPs) of China, Singapore, USA, and Canada. Specific PCR and quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR) were used to investigate the occurrence and abundance of nine beta-lactam resistance genes. Five genes (OXA-1, OXA-2, OXA-10, ampC, and TEM-1) were detected in most of the sludge collected, while three genes (mecA, CTX-M-1, and SME) were not found in any sludge sample. The total abundances of the six detected beta-lactam resistance genes in the 15 STPs varied from 5.34 x 10(1) copies/ng DNA (ampC) to 5.49 x 10(4) copies/ng DNA (OXA-1). Overall, OXA-1 had the highest total concentration, followed by IMP and OXA-10. Noticeably, the abundances of TEM-1 in Chinese STPs were generally higher than those in the STPs of other countries, while the abundances of OXA-2 and IMP in the STPs of North America were much greater than those of East Asia. A total of 78 clones carrying beta-lactam resistance genes were randomly selected from six clone libraries for phylogenetic diversity analysis; the similarity of these cloned genes to known beta-lactam resistance genes with sequence identities ranged from 96% to 100%. Furthermore, OXA-1, ampC, and IMP were found to be more diverse than the other beta-lactam resistance genes.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00253/index.htmen_US
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Microbiology and Biotechnologyen_US
dc.rightsThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.com-
dc.subjectβ-lactam resistance genesen_US
dc.subjectActivated sludgeen_US
dc.subjectPhylogenetic analysisen_US
dc.subjectQuantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR)en_US
dc.titleQuantification and characterization of β-lactam resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants from East Asia and North Americaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailZhang, T: zhangt@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailZhang, XX: zhangxx@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00253-011-3810-5en_US
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