Sewage sludge fertilization affects microbial community structure and its resistome in agricultural soils.

ABSTRACT: Global sewage sludge production is rapidly increasing, and its safe disposal is becoming an increasingly serious issue. One of the main methods of municipal sewage sludge management is based on its agricultural use. The wastewater and sewage sludge contain numerous antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and its microbiome differs significantly from the soil microbial community. The aim of the study was to assess the changes occurring in the soil microbial community and resistome after the addition of sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in central Poland, from which the sludge is used for fertilizing agricultural soils on a regular basis. This study used a high-throughput shotgun metagenomics approach to compare the microbial communities and ARGs present in two soils

SUBMITTER: Serwecinska L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11385149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature