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Occurrence and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in water supply reservoirs in Jingjinji area, China

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Jingjinji area occupies important position in developing of the Chinese economy, while there exists a sharp conflict between economic growth and limited water resources in this area. To ensure the safety of water consumption of cities in Jingjinji area, we investigated the abundance of three classes of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in water and sediment of six water supply reservoirs in this area. The results showed that the detection frequency of sul1, tetM and ermB were 100%. However, the content ranges of these genes were different (10−5 to 10−2/16S gene copies for sul1, 10−5 to 10−3/16S gene copies for ermB, and 10−5 to 10−3/16S gene copies for tetM). The content of ribosome protection proteins (RPP) genes were the highest in all selected tet genes. The highest abundance of ARGs in water and sediment samples was sampled from Panjiakou reservoir and Guanting reservoir, respectively. Except COD, chla and tetM, there are no significant correlation between water quality parameters and ARGs. Overall, this study provides integrated profiles of the three types of ARGs in water supply reservoirs of Jingjinji area and thus helps to re-evaluate the effects of human activities to water supply reservoirs.

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Acknowledgements

Our grateful thanks are due to Y. Luo and D. Q. Mao for assistance with the experiments and suggestion to this paper. Besides, this work was supported by the National Natural Foundation of China (51308305), Major Projects of Science and Technology for Water Control and Management (2014ZX07203-009), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Program for New Century Excellent in University.

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    Kai Zhang & Zhi-Guang Niu

  2. School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Zhi-Guang Niu & Zhiwei Lv

  3. MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University Tianjin 300350 China, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Ying Zhang

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Zhang, K., Niu, ZG., Lv, Z. et al. Occurrence and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in water supply reservoirs in Jingjinji area, China. Ecotoxicology 26, 1284–1292 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-017-1853-9

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