Project description:Sulfate fertilization of ryegrass soil columns negatively affects microbial communities and nematodes but improves plant sulfur supply and growth
Project description:Columns containing Hanford 100H aquifer sediment continuously infused with 5 mM lactate, 5 uM Cr(VI), and either 7.5 mM sulfate or 12 mM nitrate as an electron acceptor.
Project description:The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) into agricultural soils, products, and foods severely limits the use of organic fertilizers in agriculture. In this study, experimental land plots were fertilized, sown, and harvested for two consecutive agricultural cycles using either mineral or three types of organic fertilizers: sewage sludge, pig slurry, or composted organic fraction of municipal solid waste. The analysis of the relative abundances of more than 200,000 ASV (Amplicon Sequence Variants) allowed the identification of a small, but significant (<10%) overlap between soil and fertilizer microbiomes, particularly in soils sampled the same day of the harvest (post-harvest soils). Loads of clinically relevant ARG were significantly higher (up to 100 fold) in fertilized soils relative to the initial soil. The highest increases corresponded to post-harvest soils treated with organic fertilizers, and they correlated with the extend of the contribution of fertilizers to the soil microbiome. Edible products (lettuce and radish) showed low, but measurable loads of ARG (sul1 for lettuces and radish, tetM for lettuces). These loads were minimal in mineral fertilized soils, and strongly dependent on the type of fertilizer. We concluded that at least part of the observed increase on ARG loads in soils and foodstuffs were actual contributions from the fertilizer microbiomes. Thus, we propose that adequate waste management and good pharmacological and veterinarian practices may significantly reduce the potential health risk posed by the presence of ARG in agricultural soils and plant products.
Project description:Zhao et al. Amplification Table 1 This experiment was designed to determine the effects of template switching (TS) primer and the type of columns used in ds cDNA cleanup on the fidelity of the T7 based RNA linear amplification. BC91 total RNA was amplified with or without TS primer and with two different ds cDNA cleanup protocols. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Keywords: Logical Set
Project description:Columns containing Hanford 100H aquifer sediment continuously infused with 5 mM lactate, 5 uM Cr(VI), and either 7.5 mM sulfate or 12 mM nitrate as an electron acceptor. A two-chip study using total RNA extracted from unfiltered effluent from columns (nitrate or sulfate infused).
