Metagenomic insights into the antibiotic resistomes of typical Chinese dairy farm environments

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment pose a threat to human and animal health. Dairy cows are important livestock in China; however, a comprehensive understanding of antibiotic resistance in their production environment has not been well clarified. In this study, we used metagenomic...

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Published in:Frontiers in microbiology 2022-09, Vol.13, p.990272
Main Authors: Kang, Jijun, Liu, Yiming, Chen, Xiaojie, Xu, Fei, Wang, Honglei, Xiong, Wenguang, Li, Xiubo
Format: Article
Language:English
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antibiotic resistance genes
dairy farm
feces
metagenomic
Microbiology
soil
wastewater
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Summary:Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment pose a threat to human and animal health. Dairy cows are important livestock in China; however, a comprehensive understanding of antibiotic resistance in their production environment has not been well clarified. In this study, we used metagenomic methods to analyze the resistomes, microbiomes, and potential ARG bacterial hosts in typical dairy farm environments (including feces, wastewater, and soil). The ARGs resistant to tetracyclines, MLS, β-lactams, aminoglycoside, and multidrug was dominant in the dairy farm ecosystem. The abundance and diversity of total ARGs in dairy feces and wastewater were significantly higher than in soil (  
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2022.990272