Investigation of the microbial community structure and diversity in the environment surrounding a veterinary antibiotic production factory
Junjie Miao, Zhendong Yin, Yuqin Yang, Yiwen Liang, Hongmei Shi, Xiangdong Xu
Abstract
< 0.001), but the difference of bacterial abundance between soil samples was not significant. There were 61 biomarkers in the river water samples from different sampling points, and 14 biomarkers in soil samples. It was found by the difference statistics of the microbial community that there are multiple biomarkers between this veterinary drug production site and the upstream non-polluted area. Significant differences between multiple functional genes were also found in metabolic pathways of the microorganisms. A similar trend was found for the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). It is concluded that the population composition of microorganisms and diversity are likely related to antibiotic residues and to the distributions of ARGs in the environment surrounding the antibiotic production factory.