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Environment International | 2016

The urgent need for risk assessment on the antibiotic resistance spread via sewage sludge land application.

Kinga Bondarczuk; Anna Markowicz; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget

Sewage sludge is an ever-increasing by-product of the wastewater treatment process frequently used as a soil fertiliser. To control its quality and prevent any possible hazardous impact of fertilisation, some mandatory limits of heavy metal content have been established by the European Commission (Sewage Sludge Directive). However, since the implementation of the limits, new emerging contaminants have been reported worldwide. Regardless of the wastewater treatment process, sewage sludge contains antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes, which can be released into the environment through its land application. Such a practice may even boost the dissemination and further development of antibiotic resistance phenomenon - already a global problem challenging modern medicine. Due to the growing pharmaceutical pollution in the environment, the time is ripe to assess the risk for the human and environmental health of sewage sludge land application in the context of antibiotic resistance spread. In this review we present the current knowledge in the field and we emphasise the necessity for more studies.


Community Ecology | 2015

The relationship between successional vascular plant assemblages and associated microbial communities on coal mine spoil heaps

Gabriela Woźniak; Anna Markowicz; Sławomir Borymski; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget; Damian Chmura; L. Besenyei

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between the vascular plant species and the associated soil microbial properties at various stages of vegetation development on unclaimed hard coal mine spoil heaps in Upper Silesia (south Poland). The spontaneous vegetation, soil chemistry as well as the activity and structure of microbial communities were recorded on this specific habitat. The colliery heaps were divided into four age classes and the plant species composition and cover abundance were recorded on established plots (2 m × 2 m). The soil microbial activity under the vegetation patches was assessed using fluorescein diacetate hydrolytic activity (FDHA) and the soil microbial biomass and community composition were determined by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) biomarkers. Total microbial biomass in soils from the older vegetation plots was significantly higher than those in soils from the younger plots. In all studied samples, microbial communities consisted primarily of bacteria with the dominance of Gram negative bacteria over Gram positive and aerobic microorganisms were more dominant than anaerobic ones. Statistical analysis revealed a correlation between the type of vegetation and microbial community structure.


Frontiers in Microbiology | 2018

Vancomycin and/or Multidrug-Resistant Citrobacter Freundii Altered the Metabolic Pattern of Soil Microbial Community

Mariusz Cycoń; Kamila Orlewska; Anna Markowicz; Agnieszka Żmijowska; Joanna Smoleń-Dzirba; Jolanta Bratosiewicz-Wąsik; Tomasz J. Wąsik; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget

Despite many studies, our knowledge on the impact of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the metabolic activity of soil microbial communities is still limited. To ascertain this impact, the community level physiological profiles (CLPPs) and the activity of selected enzymes (dehydrogenase, urease, and phosphatases) in soils treated with vancomycin (VA) and/or multidrug resistant Citrobacter freundii were determined during a 90-day experiment. A multivariate analysis and the resistance (RS)/resilience (RL) concept were used to assess the potential of native microorganisms to maintain their catabolic activity under exposure of VA and/or a high level of C. freundii. In addition, the dissipation rate of VA was evaluated in non-sterile (nsS) and sterile (sS) soils. The results revealed a negative impact of VA on the metabolic activity of soil microorganisms on days 1, 15, and 30 as was showed by a decrease in the values of the CLPP indices (10–69%) and the enzyme activities (6–32%) for treated soils as compared to the control. These observations suggested a low initial resistance of soil microorganisms to VA and/or C. freundii but they were resilient in the long term. Considering the mean values of the RS index, the resistance of measured parameters was categorized in the following order: alkaline phosphatase (0.919) > acid phosphatase (0.899) > dehydrogenase (0.853) > the evenness index (0.840) > urease (0.833) > the Shannon-Wiener index (0.735) > substrate richness (0.485) > the AWCD (0.301). The dissipation process of VA was relatively fast and independent of the concentration used. The DT50 values for VA applied at both concentrations were about 16 days. In addition, the dissipation of VA in nsS was three times faster compared to the dissipation of antibiotic in sS. In conclusion, both CLPP and enzyme activities assays appeared to be useful tool for the determination of disturbances within soil microbial communities and used together may be helpful to understand the changes in their catabolic features. The entry of large quantities of VA and/or C. freundii into soil may temporarily change microbial activity thus pose a potential risk for soil functioning.


Archives of Environmental Protection | 2016

Activity and functional diversity of microbial communities in long-term hydrocarbon and heavy metal contaminated soils

Anna Markowicz; Grażyna Płaza; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget

Abstract The impacts of long-term polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metal pollution on soil microbial communities functioning were studied in soils taken from an old coke plant. The concentrations of PAHs in the tested soils ranged from 171 to 2137 mg kg-1. From the group of tested heavy metals, concentrations of lead were found to be the highest, ranging from 57 to 3478 mg kg-1, while zinc concentrations varied from 247 to 704 mg kg-1 and nickel from 10 to 666 mg kg-1. High dehydrogenase, acid and alkaline phosphatase activities were observed in the most contaminated soil. This may indicate bacterial adaptation to long-term heavy metal and hydrocarbon contamination. However, the Community Level Physiological Profiles (CLPPs) analysis showed that the microbial functional diversity was reduced and influenced to a higher extent by some metals (Pb, Ni), moisture and conductivity than by PAHs.


Endokrynologia Polska | 2017

The age of developing diabetes and FTO polymorphisms (rs9939609, rs1421085, and rs9930506)

Władysław Grzeszczak; Maciej Molsa; Marek Tłuczykont; Anna Markowicz; Ryszard Swoboda; Marta Biedak; Anna Kałuża; Sebastian Sirek; Krzysztof Strojek

INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a common complex metabolic disorder that has a strong genetic predisposition. Fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) is one of the genes of interest to us. Hypomethylation of a CpG site in the FTO gene was significantly associated with the risk of T2DM. The aim of the study was to find the answer to the question of whether the polymorphism changes of the FTO gene in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes are comparable in young, middle aged, and elderly people. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study involved 282 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes, who attended a primary healthcare clinic in Southern Poland. The study subjects were divided into three groups according to the age at which type 2 diabetes mellitus was diagnosed (> 40 years old, 40-60 years old, and > 60 years old). The genotyping of rs9939609, rs1421085, and rs9930506 FTO polymorphisms was conducted using TaqManPre-designed SNP Genotyping Assay. RESULTS No statistically significant difference was shown between the examined FTO polymorphism (rs9939609, rs1421085, and rs9930506) distribution between the subjects diagnosed with diabetes < 40 years , 40-60 years, and > 60 years old. CONCLUSIONS There were no statistically significant relationships between the different analysed anthropometric and other parameters and distribution of examined FTO polymorphisms (rs9939609 , rs1421085, and rs9930506). The age of diabetes was not affect by the tested FTO polymorphisms (rs9939609 , rs1421085, and rs9930506).


Journal of Environmental Management | 2013

Imidacloprid induces changes in the structure, genetic diversity and catabolic activity of soil microbial communities.

Mariusz Cycoń; Anna Markowicz; Sławomir Borymski; Marcin Wójcik; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget


Applied Soil Ecology | 2013

Structural and functional diversity of bacterial community in soil treated with the herbicide napropamide estimated by the DGGE, CLPP and r/K-strategy approaches

Mariusz Cycoń; Anna Markowicz; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget


Polish Journal of Environmental Studies | 2010

Response of bacteria to heavy metals measured as changes in FAME profiles.

Anna Markowicz; Tomasz Płociniczak; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget


Ecological Research | 2015

Links in the functional diversity between soil microorganisms and plant communities during natural succession in coal mine spoil heaps

Anna Markowicz; Gabriela Woźniak; Sławomir Borymski; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget; Damian Chmura


Sustainability | 2018

Functional Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities in Response to the Application of Cefuroxime and/or Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas putida Strain MC1

Kamila Orlewska; Anna Markowicz; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget; Joanna Smoleń-Dzirba; Mariusz Cycoń

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Zofia Piotrowska-Seget

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Krzysztof Strojek

Medical University of Silesia

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Maciej Molsa

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Marek Tłuczykont

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Mariusz Cycoń

Medical University of Silesia

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Sławomir Borymski

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Damian Chmura

University of Bielsko-Biała

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Gabriela Woźniak

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Joanna Smoleń-Dzirba

Medical University of Silesia

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