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The Effect of Antibiotics on Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion Process of Cattle Manure

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  • Izabela Koniuszewska

    (Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 1 Str., 10-720 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Monika Harnisz

    (Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 1 Str., 10-720 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Ewa Korzeniewska

    (Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 1 Str., 10-720 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Czatzkowska

    (Department of Water Protection Engineering and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 1 Str., 10-720 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Jan Paweł Jastrzębski

    (Department of Physiology, Genetics and Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A Str., 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Łukasz Paukszto

    (Department of Physiology, Genetics and Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A Str., 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Sylwia Bajkacz

    (Department of Inorganic, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 6 Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
    Environmental Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2 Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Ewa Felis

    (Department of Inorganic, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 6 Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
    The Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 8 Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Paulina Rusanowska

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Warszawska 117 Str., 10-950 Olsztyn, Poland)

Abstract

This study explored the effect of eight antimicrobials on the efficiency of biogas production in the anaerobic digestion (AD) process of cattle manure. The microbiome involved in AD, presence and number of genes mcr A, MSC and MST specific for Archaea , and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) concentration in digestate ( D ) were examined. Supplementation of antibiotics to substrate significantly lowered biogas production. Amoxicillin caused a 75% decrease in CH 4 production in comparison with the control samples. Enrofloxacin, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, and chlortetracycline reduced the amount of biogas produced by 36, 39, 45 and 53%, respectively. High-throughput sequencing of 16S r RNA results revealed that bacteria dominated the Archaea microorganisms in all samples. Moreover, antibiotics led to a decrease in the abundance of the genes mcr A, MSC , MST , and induced an increase in the number of tetracyclines resistance genes. Antibiotics decreased the efficiency of the AD process and lowered the quantity of CH 4 obtained, while stimulating an increase in the number of ARGs in D . This work reveals how antimicrobials affect the cattle manure AD process and changes in microbial biodiversity, number of functional genes and ARGs in the digestate due to drugs exposure. It also, provides useful, practical information about the AD process.

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  • Izabela Koniuszewska & Monika Harnisz & Ewa Korzeniewska & Małgorzata Czatzkowska & Jan Paweł Jastrzębski & Łukasz Paukszto & Sylwia Bajkacz & Ewa Felis & Paulina Rusanowska, 2021. "The Effect of Antibiotics on Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion Process of Cattle Manure," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:4:p:1125-:d:502765
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    1. Izabela Wolak & Sylwia Bajkacz & Monika Harnisz & Klaudia Stando & Magdalena Męcik & Ewa Korzeniewska, 2023. "Digestate from Agricultural Biogas Plants as a Reservoir of Antimicrobials and Antibiotic Resistance Genes—Implications for the Environment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-19, February.
    2. Qihang Shu & Hongkuan Cheng & Xiaxia Chen & Jie Wang & Zunqing Du & Jun Hong & Zheng Zheng & Xingzhang Luo, 2022. "Effects of Increasing Concentrations of Enrofloxacin on Co-Digestion of Pig Manure and Corn Straw," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-14, May.
    3. Małgorzata Czatzkowska & Izabela Wolak & Monika Harnisz & Ewa Korzeniewska, 2022. "Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on the Dissemination of ARGs in the Environment—A Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-29, October.
    4. Izabela Wolak & Małgorzata Czatzkowska & Monika Harnisz & Jan Paweł Jastrzębski & Łukasz Paukszto & Paulina Rusanowska & Ewa Felis & Ewa Korzeniewska, 2022. "Metagenomic Analysis of the Long-Term Synergistic Effects of Antibiotics on the Anaerobic Digestion of Cattle Manure," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-19, March.

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