Sulfonamide and quinolone antibiotics contaminated wastewater treatment by constructed rapid infiltration: efficiency and microbial community structure

Dai, Xiaoyun; Su, Chengyuan; Chen, Zhuxin; Li, Xinjuan; Lu, Pingping; Qi, Zhifei; Luo, Zehua; Chen, Menglin

doi:10.1016/j.psep.2022.03.056

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“…As a result, monitoring and analyzing the microbial response performance to antibiotic variations is crucial for the stable operation and optimization of biological wastewater treatment systems [ 131 ]. However, traditional antibiotics inhibition detection methods, such as enzyme activity detection and biological acute toxicity tests [ 131 , 132 ], are time-consuming and expensive.…”

Section: Future Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Extracellular polymeric substances—antibiotics interaction in activated sludge: A review

Zhao

You²,

Yin³

et al. 2023

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

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Section: Future Perspectivesmentioning

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Extracellular polymeric substances—antibiotics interaction in activated sludge: A review

Zhao

You²,

Yin³

et al. 2023

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

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“…The adsorption effect is achieved through surface complexation, ion exchange, and electrostatic interaction [3]; in this study, the presence of oxygen-containing functional groups on the surface of coke could also play a positive role in the removal of antibiotics. An abundance of oxygen-containing functional groups promoted the adsorption of tetracyclines [36]. Moreover, greater electron conduction density of electroconductive media accelerated electron transfer among bacteria [22].…”

Section: The Effects Of Substrate On the Removal Of Nutrients And Ant...mentioning

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“…More tetracycline resistance genes were induced and stored under the effects of tetracycline, which could also be the potential source of resistance gene transfer. Rhizosphere processes of plants can also promote the storage of more ARGs [36], and the presence of more microorganisms in the rhizosphere creates space for the existence of more ARGs. The addition of coke and plants is conducive to the removal of ARGs; however, it could also highlight the potential risk of the residues of ARGs in CWs.…”

Section: The Potential Risks Of Args Accumulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions for the Removal of Antibiotics: Performance, Microbial Response, and Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Bai

Wang

Zhang³

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have been regarded as emerging pollutants and pose significant threats to the aquatic environment and to human health. This study aimed to investigate the removal of nutrients, antibiotics, and the emergency of ARGs in domestic sewage by means of constructed wetlands (CWs) filled with an electroconductive media, i.e., coke. In this study, the antibiotics removal efficiencies ranged from 13% to 100%, which were significantly higher in the system filled with coke compared with the CWs filled with common quartz sand (7%~100%). Moreover, the presence of wetland plants could also significantly improve the removal of nutrients and tetracyclines. The results also demonstrated the importance of substrate selection and wetland plants in CWs on the alternation of microbial communities and structures, where the electroconductive media showed a promising effect on increasing the removal of antibiotics in CWs. In terms of the emergency of ARGs, the CWs filled with coke retained the most ARGs (10,690 copies/g) compare with the control groups (8576–7934 copies/g) in the substrate. As the accumulated ARGs could be released back to the watercourse due to the environmental/operation condition changes, the application of such an advanced substrate in CWs may pose a more significant potential threat to the environment. With these results, this study provided new insight into selection of the substrates and plants for wastewater treatment to achieve a sustainable and secure water future.

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“…This panorama highlights the need to comprehend the effects of micropollutants isolated and especially in mixtures, as these compounds are commonly present in the environment in combined forms (Hamid et al, 2020; Li et al, 2022). Wastewater treatment studies are already being performed using mixtures of antibiotics in synthetic wastewater, approaching the real conditions of organic loads arriving at plants and receiving water bodies (R. B. Carneiro et al, 2020; Dai et al, 2022). Despite these studies providing useful data for future pilot‐scale technologies and improvement of wastewater treatment techniques, the ecological safety of antibiotic mixtures in complex matrices at long‐term exposures is still poorly known.…”

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Long‐term exposure of Allonais inaequalis to a mixture of antibiotics in freshwater and synthetic wastewater matrices: Reproduction, recovery, and swimming responses

Castro,

Alexandre,

Bernegossi

et al. 2024

Water Environment Research

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Antibiotics from sulfonamide, fluoroquinolone, and diaminopyrimidine classes are widely used in human and veterinary medicine, and their combined occurrence in the aquatic environment is increasing around the world. In parallel, the understanding of how mixtures of these compounds affect non‐target species from tropical freshwaters is scarce. Thus, this work aimed to study the long‐term reproductive, recovery, and swimming effects of mixtures of 12 antibiotics from three different classes (up to 10 μg L−1) added to freshwater (FWM) and synthetic wastewater (SWM) matrices on freshwater worm Allonais inaequalis. Results revealed that at the reproduction level, the exposure to antibiotics in the SWM matrix does not cause a significant toxic effect on species after 10 days. On the other hand, exposures to initial dose mixtures (10 μg L−1 each) in FWM caused a significant reduction of offspring by 19.2%. In addition, recovery bioassays (10 days in an antibiotic‐free environment) suggested that A. inaequalis has reduced offspring production due to previous exposure to antibiotic mixtures in both matrices. Furthermore, despite slight variation in swimming speed over treatments, no significant differences were pointed out. Regarding antibiotics in the water matrices after 10‐day exposures, the highest concentrations were up to 2.7, 7.8, and 4.2 μg L−1 for antibiotics from sulfonamide, fluoroquinolone, and diaminopyrimidine classes, respectively. These findings suggest that a species positioned between primary producers and secondary consumers may experience late reproductive damage even in an antibiotic‐free zone, after previous 10‐day exposure to antibiotic mixtures.Practitioner Points A mixture of sulfonamide, fluoroquinolone, and diaminopyrimidine antibiotics in freshwater affects the offspring production of A. inaequalis after 10 days. After the 10‐day antibiotic exposure, the reproduction of A. inaequalis remains affected in an antibiotic‐free environment over the recovery period. The swimming speed of the worms does not change after 10 days of exposure to the antibiotic mixture. The concentration of dissolved solids can limit the natural degradation of sulfonamide, fluoroquinolone, and diaminopyrimidine antibiotics in the aquatic environment.

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Sulfonamide and quinolone antibiotics contaminated wastewater treatment by constructed rapid infiltration: efficiency and microbial community structure

Cited by 34 publications

References 57 publications

Extracellular polymeric substances—antibiotics interaction in activated sludge: A review

Extracellular polymeric substances—antibiotics interaction in activated sludge: A review

Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions for the Removal of Antibiotics: Performance, Microbial Response, and Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Long‐term exposure of Allonais inaequalis to a mixture of antibiotics in freshwater and synthetic wastewater matrices: Reproduction, recovery, and swimming responses

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