Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system

The effects of TiO2 nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) together with antibiotics leaking into wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), especially the partial nitrification (PN) process remain unclear. To evaluate the combined impact and mechanisms of nano-TiO2 and antibiotics on PN systems, batch experiments wer...

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Autores principales: Han Xu, Binghua Liu, Wenyu Qi, Meng Xu, Xiaoyu Cui, Jun Liu, Qiang Li
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5f26ad3a17194d9f9f1f0683a7d3bfa02021-11-25T06:10:52ZCombined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/5f26ad3a17194d9f9f1f0683a7d3bfa02021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8592496/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The effects of TiO2 nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) together with antibiotics leaking into wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), especially the partial nitrification (PN) process remain unclear. To evaluate the combined impact and mechanisms of nano-TiO2 and antibiotics on PN systems, batch experiments were carried out with six bench-scale sequencing batch reactors. Nano-TiO2 at a low level had minimal effects on the PN system. In combination with tetracycline and erythromycin, the acute impact of antibiotics was enhanced. Both steps of nitrification were retarded due to the decrease of bacterial activity and abundance, while nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were more sensitive to the inhibition than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Proteobacteria at the phylum level and Nitrosospira at the genus level remained predominant under single and combined impacts. The flow cytometry analysis showed that nano-TiO2 enhanced the toxicity of antibiotics through increasing cell permeability. Our results can help clarify the risks of nano-TiO2 combined with antibiotics to PN systems and explaining the behavior of nanoparticles in WWTPs.Han XuBinghua LiuWenyu QiMeng XuXiaoyu CuiJun LiuQiang LiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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Han Xu
Binghua Liu
Wenyu Qi
Meng Xu
Xiaoyu Cui
Jun Liu
Qiang Li
Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
description The effects of TiO2 nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) together with antibiotics leaking into wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), especially the partial nitrification (PN) process remain unclear. To evaluate the combined impact and mechanisms of nano-TiO2 and antibiotics on PN systems, batch experiments were carried out with six bench-scale sequencing batch reactors. Nano-TiO2 at a low level had minimal effects on the PN system. In combination with tetracycline and erythromycin, the acute impact of antibiotics was enhanced. Both steps of nitrification were retarded due to the decrease of bacterial activity and abundance, while nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were more sensitive to the inhibition than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Proteobacteria at the phylum level and Nitrosospira at the genus level remained predominant under single and combined impacts. The flow cytometry analysis showed that nano-TiO2 enhanced the toxicity of antibiotics through increasing cell permeability. Our results can help clarify the risks of nano-TiO2 combined with antibiotics to PN systems and explaining the behavior of nanoparticles in WWTPs.
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author Han Xu
Binghua Liu
Wenyu Qi
Meng Xu
Xiaoyu Cui
Jun Liu
Qiang Li
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Binghua Liu
Wenyu Qi
Meng Xu
Xiaoyu Cui
Jun Liu
Qiang Li
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title Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
title_short Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
title_full Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
title_fullStr Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
title_full_unstemmed Combined impact of TiO2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
title_sort combined impact of tio2 nanoparticles and antibiotics on the activity and bacterial community of partial nitrification system
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