The article, Microalgae simultaneously promote antibiotic removal and antibiotic resistance genes/bacteria attenuation in algal-bacterial granular sludge system, which was published in Journal of Hazardous Materials, investigated the effects of microalgae growth on antibiotic removal and the attenuation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)/ARGs host bacteria in the algal-bacterial granular sludge (ABGS) system.
Metagenomic analysis indicated that the relative abundances of tetracycline and sulfadiazine-related ARGs and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in bacterial granular sludge were 56.1 % and 22.1 % higher than those in ABGS.
Overall, ABGS is a promising biotechnology for antibiotic-containing wastewater treatment.
BMKGENE is honored for providing metagenomics sequencing services for this study.
Post time: May-12-2023