Removal performance of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in swine wastewater by integrated vertical-flow constructed wetlands with zeolite substrate.
Sci Total Environ
State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, PR China. Electronic address:
Published: June 2020
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in swine wastewater have an irreversible impact on the surrounding water and soil ecosystems. Herein, integrated vertical-flow constructed wetlands (IVCWs) were constructed to assess the effects of zeolite and plants on the removal of sulfonamides (SMs), tetracyclines (TCs), and related ARGs (tetW, tetO, tetM, sul I, sul II, and sul III) from digested swine wastewater. The microorganism community structure was also investigated. Results showed that IVCWs with a zeolite substrate and plant system (ZP) exhibited a favorable removal performance for N, antibiotics, and ARGs at 97.9%, 95.0%, and 95.1%, respectively. Moreover, zeolite systems showed higher adsorption of SMs, lower adsorption of TCs. The higher removal rate of antibiotics in ZP systems might be due to the enhanced microbial degradation with the enrichment of Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Bacillus in zeolite. Furthermore, Arundo donax had limited impact on antibiotics removal and was not conducive to the removal of ARGs. The absolute abundances of sul(I), sul(II), sul(III), tet(M), and tet(O) were significantly positively correlated with the absolute abundance of 16S rDNA. However, no significant correlation was found between the concentration of antibiotics and the abundance of related ARGs in the effluent.
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