Interactions between antibiotic resistance and arsenic metabolizing genes in geogenic contaminated groundwater: Consequence for arsenic migration

IF 5.9 1区地球科学 Q1 ENGINEERING, CIVIL

Journal of Hydrology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132509

Junna Ning, Kunfu Pi, Xianjun Xie, Qianyong Liang, Philippe Van Cappellen, Yanxin Wang

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Abstract

Geogenic contaminants and emerging contaminants co-occur frequently in disturbed aquifer environments, complicating the evolution of geogenic contaminated groundwater and resultant health risk posed to human beings. The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was found to affect critical microbial activities responsible for arsenic (As) mobilization, yet the underlying processes and mechanism remain undervalued from limited field investigation. By virtue of joint field campaign, molecular biological analysis, and hydrogeochemical modeling, this research provides novel insights into influence of cross-resistance between As and antibiotics on As biotransformation and enrichment in groundwater. Our basin-scale hydrogeological investigation reveals that lithological characteristics of Quaternary formations and associated regional groundwater flow regime led to gradual co-increase of antibiotic and As concentrations from recharge area to discharge area. While antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in groundwater exhibited spotty distribution pattern in the recharge area, they tended to accumulate in the discharge area. Consequently, microbially-mediated Fe(III)-oxide reduction was inhibited in groundwater subject to high-level antibiotics, whereas microbial SO42- reduction was sustained under high-antibiotic environmental stress. Moreover, cross-resistance was likely to develop after the accumulation of ARGs, thereby enhancing As biotransformation and re-migration. Hence, primary mechanism underlying As enrichment probably shifted from microbial dissolution of Fe(III) oxides to ARGs-driven As bio-migration in antibiotic-affected aquifers. These findings highlight the underestimated impact of AMR on evolution of geogenic As-contaminated groundwater in areas with significant antibiotic pollution. This research additionally warrants a careful re-assessment of in-situ groundwater remediation approaches in disturbed aquifer environments.

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Journal of Hydrology 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

11.00

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12.50%

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1309

审稿时长

7.5 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Hydrology publishes original research papers and comprehensive reviews in all the subfields of the hydrological sciences including water based management and policy issues that impact on economics and society. These comprise, but are not limited to the physical, chemical, biogeochemical, stochastic and systems aspects of surface and groundwater hydrology, hydrometeorology and hydrogeology. Relevant topics incorporating the insights and methodologies of disciplines such as climatology, water resource systems, hydraulics, agrohydrology, geomorphology, soil science, instrumentation and remote sensing, civil and environmental engineering are included. Social science perspectives on hydrological problems such as resource and ecological economics, environmental sociology, psychology and behavioural science, management and policy analysis are also invited. Multi-and interdisciplinary analyses of hydrological problems are within scope. The science published in the Journal of Hydrology is relevant to catchment scales rather than exclusively to a local scale or site.