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This study investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics, bioaccumulation, and critical influencing factors of antibiotics in tilapia aquaculture, focusing on source identification and environmental fate within typical farming systems. The results revealed a progressive increase in antibiotic concentrations in pond water and sediments over the cultivation period, with suspended solids and chemical oxygen demand identified as significant environmental factors influencing the distribution and dissemination of antibiotics. The aquaculture water source was the primary contributor of antibiotics in the farming system. Furthermore, the bioaccumulation factor (BAF) calculations indicated varying degrees of antibiotic enrichment in tilapia tissues, with sulfadimethoxine exhibiting the highest BAFs. Correlation analyses, redundancy analysis, and multivariate linear regression analysis provided insights into the relationship between environmental factors and antibiotics, identifying key antibiotics and influencing factors. The study highlighted the importance of managing and treating water sources to reduce the inflow of antibiotics into aquaculture systems and emphasized the need for non-antibiotic aquaculture practices to minimize the impact on the environment and public health. In conclusion, this research contributes valuable information for the development of effective management strategies and policies aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution in aquaculture environments, ensuring the sustainability of the aquaculture industry, and protecting ecosystem and consumer health.
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Antibacterianos , Aquicultura , Tilápia , Poluentes Químicos da Água , Animais , Tilápia/metabolismo , Antibacterianos/análise , Poluentes Químicos da Água/análise , Poluentes Químicos da Água/metabolismo , Bioacumulação , Sedimentos Geológicos/química , Monitoramento AmbientalRESUMO
Critical-sized bone defects represent a significant clinical challenge due to their inability to undergo spontaneous regeneration, necessitating graft interventions for effective treatment. The development of tissue-engineered scaffolds and regenerative medicine has made bone tissue engineering a highly viable treatment for bone defects. The physical and biological properties of nanocomposite biomaterials, which have optimized structures and the ability to simulate the regenerative microenvironment of bone, are promising for application in the field of tissue engineering. These biomaterials offer distinct advantages over traditional materials by facilitating cellular adhesion and proliferation, maintaining excellent osteoconductivity and biocompatibility, enabling precise control of degradation rates, and enhancing mechanical properties. Importantly, they can simulate the natural structure of bone tissue, including the specific microenvironment, which is crucial for promoting the repair and regeneration of bone defects. This manuscript provides a comprehensive review of the recent research developments and applications of structure-optimized and microenvironment-inspired nanocomposite biomaterials in bone tissue engineering. This review focuses on the properties and advantages these materials offer for bone repair and tissue regeneration, summarizing the latest progress in the application of nanocomposite biomaterials for bone tissue engineering and highlighting the challenges and future perspectives in the field. Through this analysis, the paper aims to underscore the promising potential of nanocomposite biomaterials in bone tissue engineering, contributing to the informed design and strategic planning of next-generation biomaterials for regenerative medicine.
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In this study, we developed a rapid and effective method for enriching the culture of nitrifying bioflocs (NBF) from aquacultural brackish water. The self-designed mixotrophic mediums with a single or mixed addition of sodium acetate, sodium citrate, and sucrose were used to investigate the enrichment process and nitrification efficiency of NBF in small-scale reactors. The results showed that NBF with an MLVSSs from 1170.4 mg L-1 to 2588.0 mg L-1 were successfully enriched in a period of less than 16 days. The citrate group performed the fastest enrichment time of 10 days, while the sucrose group had the highest biomass of 2588.0 ± 384.7 mg L-1. In situ testing showed that the highest nitrification efficiency was achieved in the citrate group, with an ammonia oxidation rate of 1.45 ± 0.34 mg N L-1 h-1, a net nitrification rate of 2.02 ± 0.20 mg N L-1 h-1, and a specific nitrification rate of 0.72 ± 0.14 mg N g-1 h-1. Metagenomic sequencing revealed that Nitrosomonas (0.0~1.0%) and Nitrobacter (10.1~26.5%) were dominant genera for AOB and NOB, respectively, both of which had the highest relative abundances in the citrate group. Linear regression analysis further demonstrated significantly positive linear relations between nitrification efficiencies and nitrifying bacterial genera and gene abundance in NBF. The results of this study provide an efficient enrichment culture method of NBF for the operation of biofloc technology aquaculture systems, which will further promote its wide application in modern intensive aquaculture.
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Although previous studies have investigated the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquaculture, few have monitored the concentrations and propagation of ARGs in biological tissues or investigated the key factors influencing their spread in aquaculture. This study investigated the concentration, propagation, and distribution of ARGs and bacterial communities in water sources, pond water, and tilapia tissues, and their key influencing factors, in a typical tilapia farm. ErmF, sul1, and sul2 were the dominant ARGs with high concentrations. The total concentrations of ARGs (TCAs) in tilapia tissues decreased in the following order: stomach > scales > intestine > gills (P < 0.05). Redundancy analysis and multiple linear regression revealed that suspended solids (SS) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were positively correlated with the dominant ARGs ermF sul2, and the TCAs (P < 0.05); additionally, Chloroflexi and Bacteroidetes in tilapia aquaculture water were positively correlated with the dominant ARGs ermF and sul2, as well as the TCAs (P < 0.05). This study suggests that SS and COD were the key factors driving the distribution and spread of ARGs in tilapia aquaculture water. Additionally, Chloroflexi and Bacteroidetes were the key bacterial flora affecting the propagation of ARGs in tilapia aquaculture systems.
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Genes Bacterianos , Tilápia , Animais , Tilápia/genética , Água , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Bactérias/genética , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , China , AquiculturaRESUMO
In large-scale seaweed farming, an understanding of the decomposition process plays a pivotal role in optimizing cultivation practices by considering the influence of the bacterial community. Therefore, we assessed the bacterial community structure and its influence on environmental factors during Gracilaria lemaneiformis decomposition, utilizing both microcosms and in-situ simulations. The decomposition rates in the microcosms and in situ simulations reached 79 % within 180 days and 81 % within 50 days, respectively In the microcosms, the dissolved oxygen content decreased from 5.3 to 0.4 mg/L, while the concentrations of total organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the water increased by 165 %, 1636 %, and 2360 %, respectively. The common dominant bacteria included Proteobacteria, Planctomycetes, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Spirochaetae. Planctomycetes and Firmicutes were positively correlated with the total organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentrations. Planctomycetes species played significant roles during the decomposition process. The overall findings of this study could inform more sustainable seaweed cultivation practices.
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Gracilaria , Rodófitas , Alga Marinha , Alga Marinha/química , Gracilaria/química , Bactérias , Firmicutes , Nitrogênio , Fósforo , CarbonoRESUMO
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have obtained an increasing number of global concerns for the severe risks they pose to food safety and public health. Studies have investigated the concentrations and distribution of ARGs in the environment. However, the distribution and dissemination of ARGs, the bacterial communities, and the key influencing factors during the entire rearing period in the biofloc-based zero-water-exchange mariculture system (BBZWEMS) remain unclear. The current study investigated the concentrations, temporal variations, distribution, and dissemination of ARGs, the changes in the bacterial communities, as well as the key influencing factors during the rearing period in the BBZWEMS. Sul1 and sul2 were dominant ARGs. Total concentrations of ARGs followed a trend of decrease in pond water, while they followed a trend of increase in source water, biofloc, and shrimp gut. Total concentrations of targeted ARGs in the water source were higher than those in the pond water and biofloc samples for each corresponding rearing stage by 2.25-122.97-fold (p < 0.05). The bacterial communities in biofloc and pond water did not change much, while they changed considerably in the shrimp gut samples during the rearing period. Pearson correlation, redundancy analysis, and multivariable linear regression analysis showed that suspended substances and Planctomycetes were positively correlated with the concentrations of ARGs (p < 0.05). The current study indicates that the water source may be a critical source of ARGs, and that suspended substances is a key factor influencing the distribution and dissemination of ARGs in the BBZWEMS. Early intervention measures on ARGs in water sources should be implemented to aid in the prevention and control of resistance genes in aquaculture industry, and reduce the potential risks of ARGs to public health and food safety.
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Genes Bacterianos , Água , Animais , Água/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Bactérias , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Crustáceos , Aquicultura , ChinaRESUMO
Microcystis aeruginosa is reported to cause cyanobacterial blooms in shrimp breeding ponds, which can result in significant shrimp mortality. However, the toxic effects of M. aeruginosa on Litopenaeus vannamei are still not completely understood. In this paper, the toxicity of M. aeruginosa cells to L. vannamei was examined, and the toxic components in the cells were analyzed through high-pressure liquid chromatography (HLPC). In addition, the immune response of shrimp to the M. aeruginosa cell extract was assessed by measuring the activity of immune-related enzymes, as well as the transcription of the relevant genes. The results showed that M. aeruginosa cells, extract and cell-free cultured medium resulted in a 100%, 98.3%, and 1.7% mortality rate in shrimp, respectively. HPLC analysis results revealed the presence of microcystin-LR (MC-LR) at a concentration of 190.40 mg/kg of cells. In addition, the activity and gene transcription of two immune related enzymes, SOD and LZM, were both significantly reduced in shrimp hepatopancreas (p < 0.05) after injection with extract. However, reduced glutathione (GSH) content was slightly increased, but the ratio of GSH to GSSG decreased. The transcription of gst gene function as detoxification, was significantly downregulated (p < 0.05). The results demonstrated that M. aeruginosa cell extract was highly toxic to L. vannamei, and exerted a negative effect on shrimp immunity including reduction of antioxidant capacity, antibacterial activity and detoxification activity, due to toxins including microcystin-LR.
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Cianobactérias , Microcystis , Penaeidae , Animais , Microcistinas/toxicidade , Extratos Celulares , Extratos VegetaisRESUMO
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are attracting increasing concern worldwide. Many previous studies have investigated the occurrence and concentrations of ARGs in aquaculture. However, the sources of ARGs and the links with their potential bacterial hosts have not yet been explored. This study investigated the abundances and diversity of ARGs in two types of shrimp farms in South China through metagenomic sequencing. In total, 14 ARG types were detected. Tetracycline was the dominant ARG type. The abundances of ARGs in samples decreased in the order of duck feces > water source > sediment > shrimp gut > pond water. The samples from the duck-shrimp integrated farm contained 1.29-3.81-fold more abundant ARGs than those from the shrimp monoculture farm (p < 0.05). Several ARGs, that were most predominant in the duck feces samples, were also the most predominant in the shrimp gut samples from the duck-shrimp integrated farm. Redundancy analysis indicated that the abundances and distribution of ARGs formed three clusters: duck feces, water samples, and sediment and shrimp gut samples. The dominant genera in duck feces known as human pathogenic bacteria were potential hosts of ARGs, and were also dominant in the shrimp gut samples in the duck-shrimp integrated farm. Additionally, the abundances of dominant genera in the shrimp gut samples of the duck-shrimp integrated farm were 1.74-35.07-fold higher than those in the shrimp monoculture farm (p < 0.01). The duck-shrimp integrated farm had 3.36-fold and 4.94-fold higher abundances of ARGs and mobile genetic elements in the shrimp gut samples than those from the shrimp monoculture farm, respectively (p < 0.05). The results indicate that duck feces may be a crucial source of diverse and abundant ARGs spreading to reared shrimps in duck-shrimp integrated farms, posing a severe risk to public health.
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Antibacterianos , Genes Bacterianos , Animais , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Bactérias , China , Crustáceos , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Humanos , ÁguaRESUMO
Although increasing attention has been attracted to the study and application of biofloc technology (BFT) in aquaculture, few details have been reported about the bacterial community of biofloc and its manipulation strategy for commercial shrimp production. An 8-week trial was conducted to investigate the effects of three input C/N ratios (8:1, 12:1 and 16:1) on the bacterial community of water biofloc and shrimp gut in a commercial BFT tank system with intensive aquaculture of P. vannamei. Each C/N ratio group had three randomly assigned replicate tanks (culture water volume of 30 m3), and each tank was stocked with juvenile shrimp at a density of 300 shrimp m-3. The tank systems were operated with zero-water exchange, pH maintenance and biofloc control. During the trial, the microbial biomass and bacterial density of water biofloc showed similar variation trends, with no significant difference under respective biofloc control measures for the three C/N ratio groups. Significant changes were found in the alpha diversity, composition and relative abundance of bacterial communities across the stages of the trial, and they showed differences in water biofloc and shrimp gut among the three C/N ratio groups. Meanwhile, high similarity could be found in the composition of the bacterial community between water biofloc and shrimp gut. Additionally, nitrogen dynamics in culture water showed some differences while shrimp performance showed no significant difference among the three C/N ratio groups. Together, these results confirm that the manipulation of input C/N ratio could affect the bacterial community of both water biofloc and shrimp gut in the environment of a commercial BFT system with intensive production of P. vannamei. Moreover, there should be different operations for the nitrogen dynamics and biofloc management during shrimp production process under different C/N ratios.
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Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence factors (VFs) pose considerable health risks to humans. The occurrence and abundance of several typical ARGs in the sea have been widely investigated. However, the full profiles and abundances of the antibiotic resistome and VFs in the South China Sea remain unexplored. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the full profiles of the ARGs and VFs, as well as their abundances and distribution, in the South China Sea using metagenomic approaches. In total, 140 ARG subtypes and 155 VFs were detected. The most abundant ARG was multidrug resistance gene, followed by bacitracin resistance gene. Flagella was the most abundant VF. Pearson correlation analysis revealed a strong and positive correlation between the abundances of ARGs and VFs. Redundancy analysis and co-occurrence network analysis showed that the predominant VFs were positively correlated with the predominant ARGs in the South China Sea. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling and Procrustes analyses demonstrated that the sampling sites were clustered into three compartments according to the geographical location, i.e., offshore, open sea, and reef zones. The abundances of ARGs and VFs in the offshore zone were much higher than those in the open sea and reef zones (p < 0.05). Several physico-chemical factors most closely associated with anthropogenic activities, i.e., nitrate, lead, copper, and zinc, were positively correlated with the predominant ARGs and VFs in the South China Sea. Our results suggest that the ocean is a large reservoir of diverse and abundant ARGs and VFs, which may threaten human health and seafood safety. These findings improve the understanding of the relationship between ARG dissemination and intensive anthropogenic activities and can aid in improving ocean management and seafood product safety.
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Antibacterianos , Genes Bacterianos , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , China , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Humanos , Fatores de Virulência/genéticaRESUMO
The persistence of antibiotics in the environment because of human activities, such as seafood cultivation, has attracted great attention as they can give rise to antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB). In this study, we explored the inactivation and removal efficiencies of Escherichia coli SR1 and sul1 (plasmid-encoded ARGs), respectively, in their extracellular and intracellular forms (eARGs and iARGs) by three commonly used fishery oxidants, namely chlorine, bromine, and potassium permanganate (KMnO4), at the practical effective concentration range (0.5, 5, and 15 mg/L). Kinetics data were obtained using laboratory phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). Following the same fishery oxidation methods, the determined kinetics models were tested by studying the SR1 and sul1 disinfection efficiencies in (sterilized) pond water matrix. At concentrations of 5 and 15 mg/L, all three oxidants achieved sufficient cumulative integrated exposure (CT values) to completely inactivate SR1 and efficiently remove sul1 (up to 4.0-log). The oxidation methods were then applied to an unsterilized pond water matrix in order to study and evaluate the indigenous ARB and ARGs disinfection efficiencies in aquaculture, which reached 1.4-log and 1.0-log during treatment with fishery oxidants used in pond preparation at high concentrations before stocking (5-15 mg/L), respectively. A high chlorine concentration (15 mg/L) could efficiently remove ARGs (or iARGs) from pond water, and the iARG removal efficiency was higher than that of eARGs in pond water. The method and results of this study could aid in guiding future research and practical disinfection to control the spread of ARGs and ARB in aquaculture.
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Genes Bacterianos , Purificação da Água , Antagonistas de Receptores de Angiotensina , Inibidores da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Humanos , Estresse Oxidativo , Águas ResiduáriasRESUMO
Although the occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in aquatic environments and reared organisms have been widely reported, the spatiotemporal variations and sources of antibiotics throughout the rearing period of aquaculture remain unclear. In this study, the concentrations and spatiotemporal variations of antibiotics in water sources, pond water, sediment, feed, and reared shrimp samples during three rearing periods in an ecological shrimp farm in Southern China were investigated. The water, sediment, and feed samples were found to contain twelve, nine, and four types of antibiotics, respectively, and the concentration of erythromycin-H2O was the highest among these antibiotics. No target antibiotics were detected in the reared shrimp samples from this typical shrimp farm, which employed ecological rearing with no antibiotic use throughout the rearing processes. The total concentrations of antibiotics in water source were 1.96-40.58 times higher than those in pond water. A significant decrease in the total antibiotic concentrations of the pond water was observed, while a significant increase was observed in sediment during each rearing period (p < 0.05), suggesting that antibiotics transferred from the water phase to the sediment phase in the farm. Redundancy analysis demonstrated that the chemical oxygen demand was negatively correlated with the concentration of the target antibiotics in the water samples during three rearing periods (p < 0.05). The results of calculations conducted using the concentrations of antibiotics in the water source, pond water, sediment, and feed samples detected in this study indicated that the water source was likely to be the main source of antibiotics in the rearing ponds. This study can provide a better understanding of the spatiotemporal variations and sources of antibiotics in aquaculture.
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Sedimentos Geológicos , Poluentes Químicos da Água , Animais , Antibacterianos/análise , Aquicultura , China , Monitoramento Ambiental , Lagoas , Poluentes Químicos da Água/análiseRESUMO
In recent years, the propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and increased antibiotic resistance in pathogens have gained serious attention. Numerous reports have investigated the influence of domestic sewage discharge, medical wastewater and aquaculture wastewater on rivers and lakes, while the dynamics of ARGs in seawater and the relationships between ARGs, bacterial community structure and environmental factors have been less thoroughly described. In this study, the abundance, distribution and source of ARGs, as well as the relationships between ARGs, bacterial community changes and environmental factors in the seawater environment and sediment of Dapeng Cove, were investigated. Real-time quantitative PCR and Illumina Miseq sequencing technology were applied to determine the effects of the production cycle of cage culture, tourism and seasonality on ARGs. Chloramphenicol resistance genes (floR, cmlA) and sulfonamide resistance genes (sul1) were the dominant resistance genes in water and sediment. Pearson's correlation analysis showed that the abundance of all ARGs and the integrase I gene intI1 was positively correlated with chemical oxygen demand and suspended solids. Class 1 integrons might facilitate the dissemination of ARGs, and intI1 was detected in all samples at high concentrations. In aqueous environments, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were the dominant phyla, among which Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were positively correlated with the concentration of target ARGs. In the sediment, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Acidobacteria and Planctomycetes were the dominant phyla, among which Bacteroidetes and Planctomycetes were positively correlated with most of the target ARGs and had a significant influence on changes in the abundance of ARGs. The domestic sewage was the main source of ARGs in the seawater. Our results showed that bacterial community structure and environmental factors affected the distributional dynamics of ARGs. Anthropogenic activities played significant roles in promoting ARGs abundance in the seawater environments.
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Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Genes Bacterianos/efeitos dos fármacos , China , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/efeitos dos fármacos , Água do MarRESUMO
Although the prevalence and concentrations of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquaculture is receiving increasing scientific interest, there is little understanding of the direct sources and dissemination pathways of ARGs in marine aquaculture-reared organisms. This study investigated the dynamics of ARGs and the bacterial community throughout the rearing period in a typical marine aquaculture farm in South China. The results demonstrated that sul1 and qnrD were predominant in the sediment, and qnrD and qnrA were predominant in the intestinal tracts of shrimps. Network analysis showed that the chemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon, dissolved organic carbon, suspended solids, and total phosphorus were positively correlated with the predominant ARGs. The results of the network and source tracking analyses indicate that environmental factors and the bacterial community may drive the dissemination of ARGs dissemination in the environment and in shrimp reared by marine aquaculture, and sediment is the most direct and important medium in this dissemination. These results aid in improving our understanding of the sources, level, and dissemination of ARGs in marine aquaculture.
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Aquicultura , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Genes Bacterianos , Sedimentos Geológicos/microbiologia , Penaeidae/microbiologia , Animais , Análise da Demanda Biológica de Oxigênio , Carbono/análise , China , Intestinos/microbiologia , Consórcios Microbianos/genética , Fósforo/análise , Lagoas , Água do Mar/análise , Água do Mar/microbiologia , Microbiologia da ÁguaRESUMO
Frequent harmful cyanobacteria blooms limit the sustainable development of aquaculture. Algicidal bacteria can efficiently control harmful algae without secondary pollution. The algicidal bacteria CZBC1 can lyse Oscillatoria spp. and other harmful cyanobacteria, but its effector mechanism and algicidal threshold are unknown. In this study, we examined the algicidal effect of CZBC1 on O. chlorina, O. tenuis, and O. planctonica by microscopic enumeration and scanning electron microscopy observation. Then, we examined the alginolytic effects of CZBC1 (concentrations 103-106 colony forming units (cfu)/mL) on these three species (concentrations 103-106 cells/mL) to determine the effective concentrations of CZBC1 for Oscillatoria spp. alginolysis. Results showed that CZBC1 can directly lyse O. chlorina and O. tenuis but indirectly lyse O. planctonica. When the initial concentration of CZBC1 was 106 cfu/mL, alginolytic effects were high for all three species at all concentrations, and the alginolytic rate could reach 100% in 3-9 days. When the initial concentration of CZBC1 was lower (103 cfu/mL), its inhibitory effects were delayed by 2-5 days, but the cell counts were significantly decreased compared with the control, evidencing significant alginolysis. In addition, the higher the concentration of the algicidal bacteria suspension, the more significant the alginolytic effects. Our results indicate that CZBC1 has different alginolytic mechanisms for O. chlorina, O. tenuis, and O. planctonica, and that different initial concentrations of CZBC1 have different alginolytic effects on these algal species.
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Although research regarding antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquaculture environments has gained increasing scientific interest, further studies are required to understand the abundances and removal mechanisms of ARGs during the entire rearing period of shrimp aquaculture. Thus, in this study, abundances, distributions and removal rates of ARGs in different environmental compartments of intensive shrimp farms in South China were investigated during the entire rearing period. The results indicated that sul1 and cmlA were the predominant ARGs in the water and sediment samples. Additionally, the total abundance of ARGs was higher in shrimp pond water than in the source water and farm effluent. Moreover, sediment samples indicated significantly higher ARG abundances than water samples from the shrimp ponds (P < 0.05). Environmental factors were found to significantly affect the distribution of ARGs in shrimp rearing environments. Furthermore, stable ponds aided the removal of ARGs from shrimp pond water. This study accounted for temporal variations in ARG abundances as well as removal of ARGs in different environmental compartments during the entire shrimp rearing period. However, additional research is required to optimize the water treatment process for removal of ARGs from the aquaculture.
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Aquicultura/métodos , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Sedimentos Geológicos/microbiologia , Lagoas/microbiologia , Animais , China , Crustáceos , Genes Bacterianos , Microbiologia da ÁguaRESUMO
More attention has been paid to the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic environments. However, few studies have investigated the persistence and spatial variation of ARGs in aquatic organisms. This study investigated the occurrence and abundance of ARGs and the bacterial populations in shrimp intestinal tracts during the rearing period in different regions of Guangdong, South China. The results showed that sul1, sul2, qnrD, and floR were the predominant ARGs. Compared with those of juvenile shrimp, the total concentrations of ARGs in the intestinal tract of adult shrimp in three shrimp farms were 2.45-3.92 times higher (pâ¯<â¯0.05), and the bacterial populations in the adult shrimp intestinal tract changed considerably. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that the abundance of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Verrucomicrobia in Farms A, B, and C, respectively, were strongly positively correlated with the most abundant and predominant genes (sul1 and qnrD for Farm A; floR and sul2 for Farm B; floR and sul2 for Farm C) in the shrimp intestinal tract. The results of this study indicated that ARGs gained persistence in the developmental stages of the reared shrimp. Different phyla of predominant bacteria were responsible for the increase of ARGs abundance in the shrimp intestinal tract in different regions. This study represents a case study of the persistence and spatial variation of ARGs in aquaculture and can be a reference for the determination of harmful impacts of ARGs on food safety and human health.
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Bactérias , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana/genética , Penaeidae/microbiologia , Alimentos Marinhos/microbiologia , Animais , Aquicultura , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/genética , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , China , DNA Bacteriano , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/genética , Genes Bacterianos/genéticaRESUMO
The present study investigated the effects of dietary Spirulina platensis supplementation on growth performance, hematological and serum biochemical parameters, hepatic antioxidant status, immune responses and resistance to the pathogen infection in Coral trout Plectropomus leopardus. The fish were fed for 8-week with diets containing different levels of S. platensis: 0% (C), 2% (SP2), 4% (SP4), 6% (SP6), 8% (SP8) and 10% (SP10) as treatment groups, followed by a Vibrio harveyi infection test for 14â¯d. The study indicated that dietary supplementation with Spirulina platensis could significantly improve growth performance, and the highest weight gain rate (WGR) and specific growth rate (SGR) were observed in group SP10 (Pâ¯<â¯.05). Red cell count (RBC), white cell count (WBC), hemoglobin (Hb) and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in the S. platensis supplemented groups were significantly higher than those of group C (Pâ¯<â¯.05). However, the levels of cholesterol, triglyceride and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents, and superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities decreased with the increasing of dietary S. platensis levels. Compared with group C, the lysozyme (LYZ) and respiratory burst activities (RBA), and immunoglobulin (Ig) and complement contents in group SP4, SP6, SP8 and SP10 increased significantly than those of group C respectively (Pâ¯<â¯.05). After challenge with V. harveyi, the survival rate in group SP4, SP6, SP8 and SP10 was significantly higher than that of group C, and the highest survival rate was in group SP10 (Pâ¯<â¯.05). These results indicated that P. leopardus fed a diet supplemented with S. platensis (especially at 10%) could significantly promote its growth performance, improve its hepatic antioxidant status, and enhance its immune ability and resistance to V. harveyi infection.
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Bass/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Bass/imunologia , Resistência à Doença , Doenças dos Peixes/imunologia , Spirulina/química , Ração Animal/análise , Animais , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Bass/sangue , Bass/metabolismo , Dieta/veterinária , Suplementos Nutricionais/análise , Relação Dose-Resposta Imunológica , Fígado/metabolismo , Distribuição Aleatória , Vibrio/fisiologia , Vibrioses/imunologiaRESUMO
Considerable attention has been paid to the occurrence and abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic environments. However, the temporal variation and dissemination of ARGs in aquaculture environments and reared organisms need further study. This study investigated the abundance and diversity of ARGs and bacterial community in water source, shrimp pond water, sediment, and shrimps during the rearing period in Pearl River Delta region, South China. The results showed that sul1, qnrD, cmlA, and floR were the predominant ARGs in the aquaculture samples. A trend of decreasing abundance of ARGs was observed for pond water samples during the rearing period, whereas an increasing trend was observed in the sediment and shrimp samples. The total concentration of ARGs in water source was significantly higher than that in shrimp pond water (p<0.05). A significant negative correlation was found between the total concentrations of ARGs in pond waters and sediments (p<0.01). The total abundances of ARGs in intestinal tract of adult shrimps were 4.48-19.0 times higher than those in juvenile shrimps. Similar to water source and pond water, cmlA and sul1 were the predominant ARGs in shrimp intestinal tract. The bacterial community in the shrimp intestinal tract changed greatly from juvenile to adult. The results of the present study indicated that the abundances of ARGs in aquaculture varied temporally during the rearing period. Water source was an important medium disseminating ARGs to the aquaculture environments and reared organisms. Sul1 could be used as a potential indicator for ARGs in both water and sediment in aquaculture in the estuary of the Pearl River Delta, South China. This study represents a case study for the temporal variation of abundance and dissemination of ARGs in aquaculture and is a reference for potential risks to food safety and human health.