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Residual chlorine disrupts the microbial communities and spreads antibiotic resistance in freshwater

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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
卷 423, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127152

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Residual chlorine; Aquatic toxicity; Microbial community; Ecotoxicity; Antibiotic-resistance genes

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  1. Chinese Academy of Engineering [2020-ZD-15]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21777144, 21976161, 41907210]
  3. Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT_17R97]

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Research shows that continuous low concentrations of chlorine treatment have negative effects on freshwater microbial communities, leading to decreases in community complexity and stability, with unaffected community diversity. Most ecological functions recover after chlorine treatment, but it also increases antibiotic resistance gene dissemination. The zebrafish intestinal microbial community recovers from temporary dysbiosis, but chlorine negatively impacts the growth and behavior of adult zebrafish.
Chlorine disinfection is a key global public health strategy for the prevention and control of diseases, such as COVID-19. However, little is known about effects of low levels of residual chlorine on freshwater microbial communities and antibiotic resistomes. Here, we treated freshwater microcosms with continuous low concentrations of chlorine and quantified the effects on aquatic and zebrafish intestinal microbial communities and antibiotic resistomes, using shotgun metagenome and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Although chlorine rapidly degraded, it altered the aquatic microbial community composition over time and disrupted interactions among microbes, leading to decreases in community complexity and stability. However, community diversity was unaffected. The majority of ecological functions, particularly metabolic capacities, recovered after treatment with chlorine for 14 d, due to microbial community redundancy. There were also increased levels of antibiotic resistance gene dissemination by horizontal and vertical gene transfer under chlorine treatment. Although the zebrafish intestinal microbial community recovered from temporary dysbiosis, growth and behavior of zebrafish adults were negatively affected by chlorine. Overall, our findings demonstrate the negative effects of residual chlorine on freshwater ecosystems and highlight a possible long-term risk to public health.

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