Bogota River anthropogenic contamination alters microbial communities and promotes spread of antibiotic resistance genes.

ABSTRACT: The increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria has raised global concern regarding the future effectiveness of antibiotics. Human activities that influence microbial communities and environmental resistomes can generate additional risks to human health. In this work, we characterized aquatic microbial communities and their resistomes in samples collected at three sites along the Bogotá River and from wastewaters at three city hospitals, and investigated community profiles and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) as a function of anthropogenic contamination. The presence of antibiotics and other commonly used drugs increased in locations highly impacted by human activities, while the diverse microbial communities varied among sites and sampling times, separating upstream river samples from mor

SUBMITTER: Posada-Perlaza CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692338 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature