Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 214, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113823
Keywords
Soil salinity; Halotolerant microorganisms; Antibiotic resistance genes; Virulence factors; Yellow River Delta
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32101434]
- Agricultural Research System of China [CARS34]
- Start Up Funds for High Level Talents of QAU [1120025]
- First class grassland science discipline program of Shandong Province, China
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This study investigated the presence of ARGs and VFs in saline-alkali soils in the Yellow River Delta using shotgun meta-genomic sequencing. The results showed that soil salinization significantly affected the microbial composition and abundance of ARGs/VFs. Different ARGs/VFs and their carriers were found to be positively correlated with soil pH.
The propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence factors (VFs) in the saline-alkali soils and associated environmental factors remains unknown. In this study, soil samples from the Yellow River Delta, China with four salinity gradients were characterized by their physiochemical properties, and shotgun meta-genomic sequencing was used to identify the ARGs and VFs carried by microorganisms. Soil salinization significantly reduced the relative abundances of Solirubrobacterales, Propionibacteriales, and Micrococcales, and quorum sensing in microorganisms. The number of ARGs and VFs significantly decreased in medium and high saline-alkali soils as compared with that in non-saline-alkali soil, however, the ARGs of Bacitracin, and the VFs of iron uptake system, adherence, and stress protein increased significantly in saline-alkali soils. Spearman analysis showed that the ARGs of fluoroquinolone, tetracycline, aminoglycoside, beta-lactam, and tigecycline were positively correlated with soil pH. Similarly, we observed an increased contribution to the ARGs and VFs by taxa belonging to Solirubrobacterales and Gemmatimonadales, respectively. The control plot was mainly improved from saline-alkali land through application of animal manure, which tended to contain large amounts of ARGs and VFs in this study. Further studies are needed to observe ARGs and VFs in the saline-alkali land for multiple years and speculate the potential risks caused by varied ARGs and VFs to the soil ecosystem and human health.
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