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Bacterial Heavy-Metal and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Copper Tailing Dam Area in Northern China.

ABSTRACT: Heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in bacteria can respond to the inducement of heavy metals. However, the co-occurrence of MRGs and ARGs in the long-term heavy metal contaminated area is still poorly understood. Here, we investigated the relationship between the abundance of soil bacteria MRGs, ARGs and heavy metal pollution in a copper tailing dam area of northern China. We found that arsC and ereA genes coding for resistance mechanisms to arsenic and to macrolides, respectively, are the most abundant MRG and ARG in the study area. The abundance of MRGs is positively correlated with cadmium (Cd) concentration, and this indicates the importance of Cd in the selection of MRGs. The network analysis results show that sulII and MRGs co-occur and copB occur with ARGs, which suggests that MRGs and ARGs can be co-selected in the soil contaminated by heavy metal. The network analysis also reveals the co-occurrence of Cd and MRGs, and thus heavy metal with a high 'toxic-response' factor can be used as the indicator of MRGs. This study improves the understanding of the relationship between bacterial resistance and multi-metal contamination, and underlies the exploration of the adaptive mechanism of microbes in the multi-metal contaminated environment.

SUBMITTER: Chen J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6710345 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bacterial Heavy-Metal and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Copper Tailing Dam Area in Northern China.

Chen Jianwen J Li Junjian J Zhang Hong H Shi Wei W Liu Yong Y

Frontiers in microbiology 20190820

Heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in bacteria can respond to the inducement of heavy metals. However, the co-occurrence of MRGs and ARGs in the long-term heavy metal contaminated area is still poorly understood. Here, we investigated the relationship between the abundance of soil bacteria MRGs, ARGs and heavy metal pollution in a copper tailing dam area of northern China. We found that <i>ars</i>C and <i>ere</i>A genes coding for resistance mechanisms to ...[more]

PMID: 31481945

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