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Inhibition of biomethane production under antibiotics in poultry litter

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Anaerobiosis is a well-established biotechnology which treats animal manure for methanogenesis. The presence of various antibiotics in poultry waste may inhibit anaerobic digestion (AD). The current study aimed at investigating the effects of various antibiotics on the AD of poultry litter. The batch experiments were performed with an inoculum/substrate ratio of 1 in sealed glass vials incubated under anaerobic conditions at 37 °C for 21 days. The antibiotics, i.e., bacitracin (BAC), erythromycin (ERY), monensin (MON), and tetracycline (TET), were added at the concentration ranges of 0.02 to 0.1 mg mL−1. During the first week, the inhibitory effects of monensin were higher (36–60%) as compared with other antibiotics. For 8–15 days and 16–21 days, the inhibitory effects caused by erythromycin were 28–38%, followed by 21–35% of TET and 20–40% of BAC. MON showed lower inhibition during the final stages of experiment which might possibly be due to its biodegradation.

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Abbreviations

AD:

Anaerobic digestion

BAC:

Bacitracin

C:N:

Carbon to nitrogen ratio

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization

ERY:

Erythromycin

HPLC:

High-performance liquid chromatography

MON:

Monensin

qPCR:

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction

TET:

Tetracycline

TS:

Total solids

VSS:

Volatile suspended solids

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  1. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Fayyaz Ali Shah & Roderick Ian Mackie

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

    Fayyaz Ali Shah, Qaisar Mahmood & Akhtar Iqbal

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan

    Fayyaz Ali Shah

  4. Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Roderick Ian Mackie

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Shah, F.A., Mahmood, Q., Iqbal, A. et al. Inhibition of biomethane production under antibiotics in poultry litter. Arab J Geosci 13, 614 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05668-1

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