Effect of UV treatment for the removal of sulfonamide resistance gene during wastewater treatment

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2018-04-27

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Bulut, Taliye
İçgen, Bülent

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The dissemination of the antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is considered as one of the most important threats to public health. This dissemination also becomes a threat for water quality in surface waters and groundwater. Waters contaminated with ARGs can easily be incorporated into human life through several ways like drinking water, agriculture and animal husbandry. Sulfonamide resistance gene, one of the ARGs, in discharged waters increases gradually because the use of these drugs is highly common. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) seem to play major role in minimizing or even complete removal of many of micropollutants and pathogenic microorganisms. However, WWTPs also provide favorable environments for the growth of diverse bacterial communities and constitute a basis for the selection and spread of many ARGs. Therefore, in this study, the spread and dissemination of the sul1 gene that confers sulfonamide resistance was investigated through UV treatment units in WWTP. For this reason, wastewater samples were taken before and after UV treatment unit to quantitatively analyze the sul1 gene by using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Primary qPCR results indicated that the sul1 gene could not be completely removed through the UV treatment unit and many copies of the gene were discharged into the receiving bodies.

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Sulfonamide Resistance Genes, WWTPS, UV Treatment , ARGs

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84480
https://www.eurasianbiochem.org/bildiri%20taslaklar%C4%B1/Abstract_Book_EurasianBioChem_2018.pdf

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International Eurasian Conference on Biological and Chemical Sciences (EurasianBioChem 2018) (26 - 27 Nisan 2018)

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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T. Bulut and B. İçgen, “Effect of UV treatment for the removal of sulfonamide resistance gene during wastewater treatment,” presented at the International Eurasian Conference on Biological and Chemical Sciences (EurasianBioChem 2018) (26 - 27 Nisan 2018), Ankara, Türkiye, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84480.