Effects of sulfonamide and tetracycline antibiotics on soil microbial activity and microbial biomass

Thiele‐Bruhn, Sören; Beck, Iris-Constanze

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.01.023

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“…Similar results of tetracycline effects on soil microbial community were reported in previous studies (Hund-Rinke et al 2004;Zielezny et al 2006). Some previous studies also revealed that tetracyclines had less effect on other soil microbial activity such as soil basal respiration and dehydrogenase activity (Thiele-Bruhn 2003;Thiele-Bruhn and Beck 2005). Sulfanomides and tetracyclines had different adsorption tendency to soil, and CTC had shown strong adsorption to soil organic matter and clay minerals (Kemper 2008;Zielezny et al 2006).…”

Section: Sulfamethoxazole Effect On Functional Diversitysupporting

confidence: 83%

“…In the present study, antibiotic addition caused an improvement of soil microbial community function than the control in the late incubation period. This may indicate that antibiotics could act as nutrients for soil microbial growth (Schmitt et al 2005;Thiele-Bruhn and Beck 2005;Westergaard et al 2001). Similar results had been reported that fungicides and insecticides increased bacterial biomass because they were also used as carbon and nutrient sources for microbial growth (Cycoń et al 2006;Monkiedje et al 2002;Wang et al 2004).…”

Section: Sulfamethoxazole Effect On Functional Diversitysupporting

confidence: 78%

“…In contrast to SMX inhibition on soil microbial metabolic activity in the early incubation period, treatments with the highest concentrations of 100 mg kg −1 for SMX and 300 mg kg −1 for CTC in the soil had no inhibition of soil microbial community function at day 21. This could be attributed to the decrease in antibiotic concentration in the soil and microbial adaptation to antibiotic disturbance (Halling-Sørensen et al 2003;Thiele-Bruhn and Beck 2005). In the case of the control treatment (with no antibiotic addition), the mean values of AWCD and Shannon index of day 21 were lower than those of day 7, which suggested that soil microbial activities decreased due to the suboptimal nutritional status after a longer incubation period (Hammesfahr et al 2008;Kong et al 2006).…”

Section: Sulfamethoxazole Effect On Functional Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Changes in functional diversity of soil microbial community with addition of antibiotics sulfamethoxazole and chlortetracycline

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Ying

et al. 2011

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Changes in functional diversity of soil microbial community with addition of antibiotics sulfamethoxazole and chlortetracycline

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“…Furthermore and as a clear limitation to our study, the role of microorganisms on the element contents of the tested plant species were not taken into account. It was shown that soil bacteria were significantly affected by antibiotics (Thiele‐Bruhn & Beck, 2005; Wei, Wu, Nie, Yediler, & Wong, 2009; Yang, Zhang, Zhu, & Zhang, 2009). Obviously, a critical future question is to what extent our results were driven by antibiotics alone or by a combination of antibiotics and (impeded) microbial activity.…”

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Antibiotic‐induced effects on scaling relationships and on plant element contents in herbs and grasses

Minden

Schnetger

Pufal

et al. 2018

Ecology and Evolution

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Plant performance is correlated with element concentrations in plant tissue, which may be impacted by adverse chemical soil conditions. Antibiotics of veterinary origin can adversely affect plant performance. They are released to agricultural fields via grazing animals or manure, taken up by plants and may be stored, transformed or sequestered by plant metabolic processes. We studied the potential effects of three antibiotics (penicillin, sulfadiazine, and tetracycline) on plant element contents (macro‐ and microelements). Plant species included two herb species (Brassica napus and Capsella bursa‐pastoris) and two grass species (Triticum aestivum and Apera spica‐venti), representing two crop species and two noncrop species commonly found in field margins, respectively. Antibiotic concentrations were chosen as to reflect in vivo situations, that is, relatively low concentrations similar to those detected in soils. In a greenhouse experiment, plants were raised in soil spiked with antibiotics. After harvest, macro‐ and microelements in plant leaves, stems, and roots were determined (mg/g). Results indicate that antibiotics can affect element contents in plants. Penicillin exerted the greatest effect both on element contents and on scaling relationships of elements between plant organs. Roots responded strongest to antibiotics compared to stems and leaves. We conclude that antibiotics in the soil, even in low concentrations, lead to low‐element homeostasis, altering the scaling relationships between roots and other plant organs, which may affect metabolic processes and ultimately the performance of a plant.

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“…The application of manure containing OTC has resulted in up to 2683-and 5172-μg kg −1 OTC concentrations in amended soils of Tianjin city and Zhejiang province, respectively (Hu et al 2010;Li et al 2011). Tetracycline antibiotics are the most frequently found in agricultural soils throughout the world, and the residual compounds result in a potential threat to both plants and soil organisms even at concentrations that are commonly detected in agricultural soils (Aga et al 2005;Thiele-Bruhn and Beck 2005;Sarmah et al 2006;Karcı and Balcıoğlu 2009;Goetsch et al 2012). A mass of investigation on the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) was derived from the selection by antibiotics in recent years, indicating the contamination of natural environments or their antagonistic effects to soil microorganisms and a latent environmental threat besides the promoted genetic toxicity to plants in the soil (Xie et al 2011;Gao et al 2013;Zhang et al 2015).…”

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Toxicity of OTC to Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. and to microorganisms in a long-term sewage-irrigated farmland soil

Chen

et al. 2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatic Forsk.) was selected to investigate the effects of oxytetracycline (OTC) on the toxicity of soil contaminated by long-term sewage irrigation. After acute toxicity test in petri dish at nine different OTC-spiked levels for 48 h, the germination rate was found to be generally inhibited in all treatments treated with OTC but the root elongation and activities of several antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) were either forward or backward stimulated to varying extent. During a 60-day sub-chronic toxicity test by means of a pot experiment, activities of SOD, POD and CAT in both the leaf and root tissue at 25 mg OTC per kg soil (dry weight) and in root tissue at 1 mg OTC per kg soil (dry weight) were significantly different than those in other treatments, which also indicated the higher sensitivity of the root. The foliar photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate were all gradually inhibited in spite of elevated water use efficiency under the pressure of the different OTC concentrations, which were highly significant different at 10 mg OTC per kg soil (dry weight). Indices of soil microbial diversity at 4 mg OTC kg −1 soil were significantly different from those of the control, indicating the potential adverse effects of OTC to soil microorganisms. The results suggest that the introduction of OTC could damage both plants and soil microorganisms, and during sub-chronic incubation, the sensitivity of different indices generally followed the order of root tissue antioxidant enzyme activities, soil microbial diversity indices, leaf photosynthesis-related index and leaf tissue enzyme antioxidant activities. In addition, the application of livestock and poultry manure containing pollutants like OTC in farmland soil, especially if the soil has been contaminated before, should be taken more seriously in the context of the current pursuit of increased agricultural production.

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Effects of sulfonamide and tetracycline antibiotics on soil microbial activity and microbial biomass

Cited by 412 publications

References 35 publications

Changes in functional diversity of soil microbial community with addition of antibiotics sulfamethoxazole and chlortetracycline

Changes in functional diversity of soil microbial community with addition of antibiotics sulfamethoxazole and chlortetracycline

Antibiotic‐induced effects on scaling relationships and on plant element contents in herbs and grasses

Toxicity of OTC to Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. and to microorganisms in a long-term sewage-irrigated farmland soil

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