期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 55, 期 16, 页码 11019-11028出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00732
关键词
DNA decay; direct photolysis; antibiotic-resistant bacteria; quantum yield; environmental persistence
资金
- United States National Science Foundation [NSF CBET-1846692]
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The study evaluated sunlight photolysis kinetics of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and ARGs, finding that long amplicon qPCR targets quantified greater photolysis rate constants and intracellular ARGs decayed faster than extracellular ARGs.
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs; the genetic material in bacteria that encode for resistance to antibiotics) have been found in the aquatic environment, raising concerns of an environmental transmission route. In an effort to contribute to models predicting the fate of ARGs in the environment-to design control measures, predict health risks, inform ARG surveillance activities, and prioritize policy interventions-and given the importance of sunlight in damaging DNA, we evaluated the sunlight photolysis kinetics of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and ARGs under laboratory conditions, focusing on Escherichia coli SMS-3-5 and its ARGs tetA and sul2. Experiments were conducted in the absence of photosensitizers, and ARG decay rates were quantified by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) with short and long amplicon targets. Long amplicon qPCR targets quantified greater photolysis rate constants, due to greater ARG coverage. After a lag phase, intracellular ARG had faster decay rates than extracellular ARG, likely due to the contribution of intracellular indirect photolysis processes. Furthermore, all ARG decay rates were significantly slower than those of E. coli. Decay rate constants and quantum yields are presented as foundational work in the development of models to describe the persistence of ARGs in sunlit, environmental waters.
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