Data on links between structural and functional prokaryotic diversity in long-term sewage sludge amended soil.

ABSTRACT: The application of sewage sludge to agricultural soil induces co-exposure of prokaryotic populations to antibiotics and heavy metals, thus exerting a selection pressure that may lead to the development of antibiotic resistance. Here, soil samples from a long-term factorial field experiment in which sewage sludge was applied to agricultural soil, at different rates (40 and 80 t ha^-1) and frequencies (every 1, 2 and 4 years) of application, were studied to assess: (i) the effect of sewage sludge application on prokaryotic community composition, (ii) the links between prokaryotic community composition and antibiotic resistance profiles, and (iii) the links between antibiotic resistance and metal(oid) concentrations in amended soil. We found no significant impact of sewage sludge on

SUBMITTER: Urra J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169428 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature