Antibiotics and Pesticides Enhancing the Transfer of Resistomes among Soil-Bayberry-Fruit Fly Food Chain in the Orchard Ecosystem

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c05829
• Publication Date: 2024-10-04T15:01:02Z
• Authors: Ge Yi; Ming-Kang Jin; Tian-Gui Cai; Rong Xu; Xian-Wei Gou; Nan Yang; Yi-Lu Feng; Shu-Wen Zhang; Xing-Jiang Qi; Yong-Guan Zhu; Dong Zhu; Hongjie Li
• Keywords: Orchard

While substantial amounts of antibiotics and pesticides are applied to maintain orchard yields, their influence on the dissemination risk antibiotic resisitome in food chain remains poorly understood. In this study, we characterized bacterial fungal communities differentiated both resistance genes (ARGs) virulence factor (VFGs) soil, Chinese bayberry (matured fallen), fruit fly gut, collected from five geographic locations. Our results showed that guts soils exhibit a higher abundance ARGs VFGs compared with fruits. We identified 112 shared 75 VFGs, aminoglycoside adherence being among most abundant. The co-occurrence network revealed some microbes, such as