Abstract
Struvite, a human urine-derived fertilizer types, is characterized by its low water solubility that renders it a slow-releasing eco-friendly fertilizer. Knowing the fate of antibiotic resistance genes in struvite is important since human urine carries microorganisms, viruses and mobilomes. In this study, urine samples were collected and struvite production was done using MgCl2. From the fresh, stored urine and struvite, DNA was extracted and metagenomic sequencing was done using Illumina HiSeqX. Metagenome-derived genome sequence analysis revealed the dominance of phages of Streptococcus, Bacillus and Escherichia, with nearly 50% abundance of streptococcus phage in fresh urine. Increased antibiotic resistance genes were found in the stored urine than in fresh and struvite samples. The top five resistance genes in all the three samples were to aminoglycosides, carbapenem, chloramphenicol, erythromycin and efflux pump, with key carrying pathogens including Acinetobacter, Aeromonas and Enterococcus. The identified families for carbapenem, aminoglycoside resistance and efflux pump were shown persistent in struvite with a shift in gene families. The detection of resistance-gene-laden mobilomes, including the last-resort antibiotics in the struvite sample, requires due attention before the implementation of struvite as fertilizer. Further optimization of the struvite production process with regard to the minimization of mobilomes is recommended.
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