Potential pathogens drive ARGs enrichment during biofilms formation on environmental surfaces.

ABSTRACT: The enrichment of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) on environmental surfaces is a fundamental question in microbial ecology. Understanding the processes driving ARG variations can provide clues into their transfer mechanisms between phases and offer insights for public health management. In this study, we examined microbiota, potential pathogen, and ARG dynamics on two common environment surfaces-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and carbon steel (CS)-under environmental stress (induced by landfill leachate flow) in a Center for Disease Control and Prevention Biofilm Reactor using metagenomics and quantitative polymerase chain reaction-Chip techniques. Contrary to the expected changes in biofilms morphology and physiochemical properties, microbiota, potential pathogens, and ARGs exhibited a diver

SUBMITTER: Zheng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016037 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature