水中の環境における抗生物質耐性遺伝子水平移転に対するマイクロプラスチックのバイオフィルムの敵対的な効果

Guosheng Zhang1, Dawei Zhang1, Weiying Li1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Green Resource Recycling, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University 200092, Shanghai, China; Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Source Identification and Control, Jiaxing-Tongji Environmental Research Institute, 1994 Linggongtang Road, Jiaxing 314051, Zhejiang Province, China.

まとめ

マイクロプラスチックのバイオフィルムは,以前の研究とは対照的に,抗生物質耐性遺伝子転送を驚くほど抑制する可能性があります. この研究は,マイクロプラスチックのバイオフィルムがナノアルミナや自由窒素酸などの環境要因と相互作用して,抗生物質耐性の広がりに影響する方法を明らかにしています.

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