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BIOLOGY-BASEL
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biology10030200
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microbiome; resistome; plastisphere; polyethylene; aquatic environments; antibiotic resistant bacteria; antibiotic resistance genes; integron
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- University of Palermo [FFR-D15160878]
- MIUR [FFABR_PJ_RIC_2017_160878]
Research has shown that the microbial composition and presence of antibiotic resistance genes in marine plastic debris pose a high risk to the marine environment and organisms. The study found that polyethylene waste can act as a carrier of antibiotic-resistant microbiota, representing an increased danger for marine ecosystems.
Simple Summary In recent years, a growing interest has been devoted to the bacterial characterization of marine plastic debris. So far, a few publications have explored the composition of microbial communities on polyethylene (PE) waste items and the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB). The occurrence of ARB in natural matrices can contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) among environmental bacteria. In this study, we compared the microbial composition and the presence of ARGs in water and PE fragments collected from a stream and the seawater in a coastal area of Northwestern Sicily. Our findings showed more ARGs on PE fragments than the corresponding water samples, confirming that PE can act as a carrier of antibiotic-resistance genes causing high damage to the marine environment and living organisms. In this study, we evaluated the microbiome and the resistome profile of water and fragments of polyethylene (PE) waste collected at the same time from a stream and the seawater in a coastal area of Northwestern Sicily. Although a core microbiome was determined by sequencing of the V3-V4 region of the bacterial 16S rDNA gene, quantitative differences were found among the microbial communities on PE waste and the corresponding water samples. Our findings indicated that PE waste contains a more abundant and increased core microbiome diversity than the corresponding water samples. Moreover, PCR analysis of specific antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) showed that PE waste harbors more ARGs than the water samples. Thus, PE waste could act as a carrier of antibiotic-resistant microbiota, representing an increased danger for the marine environment and living organisms, as well.
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