Effects of Cu exposure on enzyme activities and selection for microbial tolerances during swine-manure composting

JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

卷:283

Article

Li, Yanxia¹  Liu, Bei¹  Zhang, Xuelian¹  Gao, Min¹  Wang, Jing¹ 

[1] Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Environm, State Key Lab Water Environm Simulat, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

关键词: Cu;    Composting;    Microorganisms;    Enzyme activity;    Pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT);   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.09.061

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

A simulated experiment of aerobic composting was conducted on swine manure to evaluate the effects of Cu at two exposure levels (200 and 2000 mg kg(-1), corresponding to low-Cu and high-Cu treatments, respectively) on the activity of microorganisms. In addition, the microbial pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT) to Cu and co-tolerance to selected antibiotics (tylosin and vancomycin) in the composted products were also investigated using the Biolog Ecoplates (TM) method. It was demonstrated that the enzymatic activities were significantly inhibited by the high-Cu treatment, with maximal inhibition rates of 56.8% and 65.1% for urease and dehydrogenase, respectively. In response to the PICT test, the IC50 (half-maximal inhibition concentrations) values on the microorganisms in the high-Cu-treated composts were clearly higher than those in the low-Cu-treated and control composts, for the toxicity tests on both Cu and antibiotics, including tylosin and vancomycin. The data demonstrated that high-Cu exposure to the microbial community during the composting not only selected for Cu resistance but also co-selected for antibiotic resistance, which was of significance because the tolerance might be transferred to the soil after the land application of composted manure. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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