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Effects of sulfamethazine on denitrification and the associated N2O release in estuarine and coastal sediments.
Hou, Lijun; Yin, Guoyu; Liu, Min; Zhou, Junliang; Zheng, Yanling; Gao, Juan; Zong, Haibo; Yang, Yi; Gao, Lei; Tong, Chunfu.
Afiliação
  • Hou L; State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University , 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Environ Sci Technol ; 49(1): 326-33, 2015 Jan 06.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25525860
ABSTRACT
Denitrification is an important pathway of nitrogen removal and nitrous oxide (N2O) production in estuarine and coastal ecosystems, and plays a significant role in counteracting aquatic eutrophication induced by excessive nitrogen loads. Estuarine and coastal environments also suffer from increasing antibiotic contamination because of the growing production and usage of antibiotics. In this study, sediment slurry incubation experiments were conducted to determine the influence of sulfamethazine (SMT, a sulphonamide antibiotic) on denitrification and the associated N2O production. Genes important for denitrification and antibiotic resistance were quantified to investigate the microbial physiological mechanisms underlying SMT's effects on denitrification. SMT was observed to significantly inhibit denitrification rates, but increasing concentrations of SMT enhanced N2O release rates. The negative exponential relationships between denitrifying gene abundances and SMT concentrations showed that SMT reduced denitrification rates by restricting the growth of denitrifying bacteria, although the presence of the antibiotic resistance gene was detected during the incubation period. These results imply that the wide occurrence of residual antibiotics in estuarine and coastal ecosystems may influence eutrophication control, greenhouse effects, and atmospheric ozone depletion by inhibiting denitrification and stimulating the release of N2O.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Sulfametazina / Sedimentos Geológicos / Óxido Nitroso Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Environ Sci Technol Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: China

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Sulfametazina / Sedimentos Geológicos / Óxido Nitroso Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Environ Sci Technol Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: China