Impact of untreated tannery wastewater in the evolution of multidrug-resistant bacteria in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: The tannery industry produces one of the worst contaminants, and unsafe disposal in nearby waterbodies and landfills has become an imminent threat to public health, especially when the resulting multidrug-resistant bacteria and heavy metals enter community settings and animal food chains. In this study, we have collected 10 tannery wastewater (TWW) samples and 10 additional non-tannery wastewater (NTW) samples to compare the chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH, biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved solids (TDS), chromium concentration, bacterial load, and antibiotic resistance profiles. While COD, pH, and chromium concentration data were previously published from our lab, this part of the study uncovers that TWW samples had a significantly higher bacterial loa

SUBMITTER: Mahmud Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11369239 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature