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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 640, Issue -, Pages 1438-1446Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.025
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Sulfonamides; River ecosystem; Biodegradation; Photodegradation; Resistance genes; Fluoroquinolones
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Sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin are among the most prescribed antibiotics and are frequently detected in surface water ecosystems. The aim of this study was to assess the role of a riverine natural microbial community in sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation in presence and absence of ciprofloxacin (CIP). River samples were collected from a stretch of the Tiber River highly impacted by human pressure. An experimental set up was performed varying some abiotic (dark/UV-light) and biotic (presence/absence of microorganisms) conditions that can affect antibiotic degradation. The residual concentrations of SMX and CIP were measured (HPLC-MS or HPLC-UV/FLD) and the effects on the natural microbial community were assessed in terms of microbial number (N. live cells/mL) and structure (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization - FISH). Finally, the occurrence of the antibiotic resistance sul1 gene was also verified using quantitative PCR (qPCR). In 28 days, in the presence of both UV-light and microorganisms SMX disappeared (
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