Yuan-Mo Zhu, Yi Xue, Kai Jin, Yongsheng Chen, Hongqiang Ren, Ke Xu
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A novel micromagnetic carrier-modified integrated fixed-film activated sludge system for simultaneous efficient removal of tetracycline and mitigation of antibiotic resistance genes proliferation and dissemination from swine wastewater
To address the challenge of antibiotic-containing wastewater, a novel micromagnetic carrier-modified integrated fixed-film activated sludge system (MC-IFAS) was developed for treating tetracycline (TC)-containing swine wastewater in this study. The magnetic effects of the MC significantly enhanced TC removal by improving TC biosorption and biodegradation in both the suspended activated sludge and the carrier-attached biofilm in the MC-IFAS. The increased electrostatic attraction and number of binding sites in both the activated sludge and the biofilm enhanced their TC biosorption capacities, particularly in the activated sludge. Additionally, the MC shifted microbial community assembly from stochastic to deterministic factors, amplifying the selection pressure induced by TC on the microbial community, thus enriching organic compound-degrading genera Dokdonella and TM7a; it also stimulated ammonia monooxygenase-mediated and cytochrome P450-mediated TC metabolisms and upregulated functional genes encoding lyases, transferases, hydrolases, and oxidoreductases- all of which enhanced TC biodegradation capacity in the MC-IFAS, particularly in the biofilm. While enhancing TC removal efficiency, the MC mitigated the proliferation and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) by suppressing the abundances of ARGs hosts, the mobile genetic element intI1, and genes encoding ATP-binding cassette transporters and putative transposases. This study provides novel insights into the large-scale applications of magnetic field-enhanced TC removal strategies.
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Water Research, along with its open access companion journal Water Research X, serves as a platform for publishing original research papers covering various aspects of the science and technology related to the anthropogenic water cycle, water quality, and its management worldwide. The audience targeted by the journal comprises biologists, chemical engineers, chemists, civil engineers, environmental engineers, limnologists, and microbiologists. The scope of the journal include:
•Treatment processes for water and wastewaters (municipal, agricultural, industrial, and on-site treatment), including resource recovery and residuals management;
•Urban hydrology including sewer systems, stormwater management, and green infrastructure;
•Drinking water treatment and distribution;
•Potable and non-potable water reuse;
•Sanitation, public health, and risk assessment;
•Anaerobic digestion, solid and hazardous waste management, including source characterization and the effects and control of leachates and gaseous emissions;
•Contaminants (chemical, microbial, anthropogenic particles such as nanoparticles or microplastics) and related water quality sensing, monitoring, fate, and assessment;
•Anthropogenic impacts on inland, tidal, coastal and urban waters, focusing on surface and ground waters, and point and non-point sources of pollution;
•Environmental restoration, linked to surface water, groundwater and groundwater remediation;
•Analysis of the interfaces between sediments and water, and between water and atmosphere, focusing specifically on anthropogenic impacts;
•Mathematical modelling, systems analysis, machine learning, and beneficial use of big data related to the anthropogenic water cycle;
•Socio-economic, policy, and regulations studies.