Effect of sulfamethazine on anaerobic digestion of manure mediated by biochar

Yangkai Zhang; Liu Cao; Haibin Fu; Min Zhang; Jun Meng; Jalal T Althakafy; Hala M Abo-Dief; Salah M El-Bahy; Yushun Zhang; Huanhuan Wei; Ben Bin Xu; Zhanhu Guo

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135567

Effect of sulfamethazine on anaerobic digestion of manure mediated by biochar

Chemosphere. 2022 Nov:306:135567. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135567. Epub 2022 Jul 2.

Authors

Yangkai Zhang¹, Liu Cao², Haibin Fu³, Min Zhang⁴, Jun Meng⁵, Jalal T Althakafy⁶, Hala M Abo-Dief⁷, Salah M El-Bahy⁸, Yushun Zhang¹, Huanhuan Wei¹, Ben Bin Xu⁹, Zhanhu Guo¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ College of Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China.
² Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996, USA.
³ Technology Center, Shenyang Customs, Shenyang, 110016, China.
⁴ College of Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China. Electronic address: minzhang412@syau.edu.cn.
⁵ National Biochar Institute of Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China; Key Laboratory of Biochar and Soil Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shenyang, 110866, China. Electronic address: mengjun1217@syau.edu.cn.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O.Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Department of Chemistry, Turabah University College, Taif University, P.O.Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
⁹ Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
¹⁰ Integrated Composites Lab (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA. Electronic address: nanomaterials2000@gmail.com.

PMID: 35792211
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135567

Abstract

Antibiotic contamination from animal production and wastewater treatment process will release antibiotic resistant genes to the environment and potentially threaten human health. Meanwhile, the residual antibiotic in manure could have inactive impacts on anaerobic digestion (AD). This study explores the effect of sulfamethazine on manure AD mediated by biochar. The results show that biochar weakens the adverse effects of sulfamethazine on AD by adsorption sulfamethazine during the initial stage (0-3 days) of AD and promoting the growth of hydrolytic bacteria (especially Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes) and methanogens (especially Methanothrix and Methanosarcina). Besides, the presence of biochar improves the biogas production capacity of AD and promotes microbial diversity and community richness. Thus, the addition of biochar greatly reduces sulfamethazine and is testified to be a desirable strategy to mitigate the inhibition of sulfamethazine on AD.

Keywords: Anaerobic digestion; Antibiotic; Biochar; Microbial diversity.

MeSH terms

Anaerobiosis
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bioreactors / microbiology
Charcoal
Digestion
Humans
Manure* / microbiology
Methane
Sulfamethazine* / pharmacology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Manure
biochar
Charcoal
Sulfamethazine
Methane