Impact of ZnO nanoparticles on the antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in estuarine water: ARG variations and their association with the microbial community-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Impact of ZnO nanoparticles on the antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in estuarine water: ARG variations and their association with the microbial community

Published:2019 Issue:8 Volume:6 Page:2405-2419
ISSN:2051-8153
Container-title:Environmental Science: Nano
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Nano

Author:

Chen Yu-ru¹²³⁴⁵,Guo Xing-pan¹²³⁴⁵,Feng Jing-nan¹²³⁴⁵,Lu Da-pei¹²³⁴⁵,Niu Zuo-shun¹²³⁴⁵,Tou Fei-yun¹²³⁴⁵,Hou Li-jun⁶³⁷⁵,Liu Min¹²³⁴⁵,Yang Yi¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education)

2. School of Geographical Sciences

3. East China Normal University

4. Shanghai 200241

5. China

6. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research

7. Shanghai 200062

Abstract

The abundances of ARGs increased after exposure to ZnO NPs, especially at low doses (0.2 and 1 mg L⁻¹). Compared to MGEs and dissolved Zn, the microbial community contributed more to the variations in ARGs in estuarine waters when exposed to ZnO NPs.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

East China Normal University

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Environmental Science,Materials Science (miscellaneous)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/EN/C9EN00338J

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