How is antibiotic resistance transferred from animal manure to vegetable?

Biotic and abiotic factors distinctly drive contrasting biogeographic patterns between phyllosphere and soil resistomes in natural ecosystems

Zhen-Zhen Yan, Qing-Lin Chen, Chao-Yu Li, Bao-Anh Thi Nguyen, Yong-Guan Zhu, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2021-12-01

The phyllosphere and soil are two of the most important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in terrestrial ecosystems..

Distinct factors drive the diversity and composition of protistan consumers and phototrophs in natural soil ecosystems

Bao-Anh Thi Nguyen, Qing-Lin Chen, Zhen-Zhen Yan, Chaoyu Li, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2021-09-01

Protists are important microbial consumers and phototrophs in terrestrial ecosystems and play pivotal roles in nutrient cycling an..

Precipitation increases the abundance of fungal plant pathogens in Eucalyptus phyllosphere

Qing-Lin Chen, Hang-Wei Hu, Zhen-Zhen Yan, Chao-Yu Li, Bao-Anh Thi Nguyen, Yong-Guan Zhu, Ji-Zheng He

2021-08-28

Understanding the current and future distributions of plant pathogens is critical to predict the plant performance and related eco..

Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome

Chao Xiong, Brajesh K Singh, Ji-Zheng He, Yan-Lai Han, Pei-Pei Li, Li-Hua Wan, Guo-Zhong Meng, Si-Yi Liu, Jun-Tao Wang, Chuan-Fa Wu, An-Hui Ge, Li-Mei Zhang

2021-08-13

BACKGROUND: Plants live with diverse microbial communities which profoundly affect multiple facets of host performance, but if and..

Rare taxa maintain the stability of crop mycobiomes and ecosystem functions

Chao Xiong, Ji-Zheng He, Brajesh K Singh, Yong-Guan Zhu, Jun-Tao Wang, Pei-Pei Li, Qin-Bing Zhang, Li-Li Han, Ju-Pei Shen, An-Hui Ge, Chuan-Fa Wu, Li-Mei Zhang

2021-04-01

Plants harbour highly diverse mycobiomes which sustain essential functions for host health and productivity. However, ecological p..

Deterministic selection dominates microbial community assembly in termite mounds

Qing-Lin Chen, Hang-Wei Hu, Zhen-Zhen Yan, Chao-Yu Li, Bao-Anh Thi Nguyen, An-Qi Sun, Yong-Guan Zhu, Ji-Zheng He

2021-01-01

Termite mounds are an important habitat for an enormous diversity of microorganisms. However, the microbial community assembly pro..

Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity

Chao Xiong, Yong-Guan Zhu, Jun-Tao Wang, Brajesh Singh, Li-Li Han, Ju-Pei Shen, Pei-Pei Li, Gui-Bao Wang, Chuan-Fa Wu, An-Hui Ge, Li-Mei Zhang, Ji-Zheng He

2021-01-01

Plant microbiomes are essential to host health and productivity but the ecological processes that govern crop microbiome assembly ..

Oxytetracycline and Ciprofloxacin Exposure Altered the Composition of Protistan Consumers in an Agricultural Soil

Bao-Anh T Nguyen, Qing-Lin Chen, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2020-08-04

Protists, an integral component of soil microbiome, are one of the main predators of bacteria. Bacteria can produce toxic secondar..

Industrial development as a key factor explaining variances in soil and grass phyllosphere microbiomes in urban green spaces

Zhen-Zhen Yan, Qing-Lin Chen, Yu-Jing Zhang, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2020-06-01

Microbiota in urban green spaces underpin ecosystem services that are essential to environmental health and human wellbeing. Howev..

Microbial regulation of natural antibiotic resistance: Understanding the protist-bacteria interactions for evolution of soil resistome

Bao-Anh Thi Nguyen, Qing-Lin Chen, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2020-02-25

The emergence, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment represent a global threat to human he..

Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Peter B Reich, Chanda Trivedi, David J Eldridge, Sebastian Abades, Fernando D Alfaro, Felipe Bastida, Asmeret A Berhe, Nick A Cutler, Antonio Gallardo, Laura Garcia-Velazquez, Stephen C Hart, Patrick E Hayes, Ji-Zheng He, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Hang-Wei Hu, Martin Kirchmair, Sigrid Neuhauser, Cecilia A Perez, Sasha C Reed

2020-02-01

The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict how..

Manure application did not enrich antibiotic resistance genes in root endophytic bacterial microbiota of cherry radish.

Yu-Jing Zhang, Hang-Wei Hu, Qing-Lin Chen, Hui Yan, Jun-Tao Wang, Deli Chen, Ji-Zheng He

2020-01-01

Growing evidence suggests that livestock manure used as organic fertilizer in agriculture may lead to potential propagation of ant..

Antibiotic resistance in urban green spaces mirrors the pattern of industrial distribution

Zhen-Zhen Yan, Qing-Lin Chen, Yu-Jing Zhang, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2019-11-01

Urban green spaces are closely related to the activities and health of urban residents. Turf grass and soil are two major interfac..

Transfer of antibiotic resistance from manure-amended soils to vegetable microbiomes

Yu-Jing Zhang, Hang-Wei Hu, Qing-Lin Chen, Brajesh K Singh, Hui Yan, Deli Chen, Ji-Zheng He

2019-09-01

The increasing antimicrobial resistance in manure-amended soil can potentially enter food chain, representing an important vehicle..

Salinity as a predominant factor modulating the distribution patterns of antibiotic resistance genes in ocean and river beach soils

Yu-Jing Zhang, Hang-Wei Hu, Hui Yan, Jun-Tao Wang, Shu Kee Lam, Qing-Lin Chen, Deli Chen, Ji-Zheng He

2019-06-10

Growing evidence points to the pivotal role of the environmental factors in influencing the transmission of antibiotic resistance ..

Short-term copper exposure as a selection pressure for antibiotic resistance and metal resistance in an agricultural soil

Wei Kang, Yu-Jing Zhang, Xiuzhen Shi, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu

2018-10-01

Owing to the similar mechanisms of antibiotic and metal resistance, there is a growing concern that metal contamination may select..

Diversity of herbaceous plants and bacterial communities regulates soil resistome across forest biomes

Hang-Wei Hu, Jun-Tao Wang, Brajesh K Singh, Yu-Rong Liu, Yong-Liang Chen, Yu-Jing Zhang, Ji-Zheng He

2018-09-01

Antibiotic resistance is ancient and prevalent in natural ecosystems and evolved long before the utilization of synthetic antibiot..

Aerobic composting reduces antibiotic resistance genes in cattle manure and the resistome dissemination in agricultural soils

Min Gou, Hang-Wei Hu, Yu-Jing Zhang, Jun-Tao Wang, Helen Hayden, Yue-Qin Tang, Ji-Zheng He

2018-01-15

Composting has been suggested as a potential strategy to eliminate antibiotic residues and pathogens in livestock manure before it..

Temporal succession of soil antibiotic resistance genes following application of swine, cattle and poultry manures spiked with or without antibiotics

Yu-Jing Zhang, Hang-Wei Hu, Min Gou, Jun-Tao Wang, Deli Chen, Ji-Zheng He

2017-12-01

Land application of animal manure is a common agricultural practice potentially leading to dispersal and propagation of antibiotic..

Fungal networks serve as novel ecological routes for enrichment and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes as exhibited by microcosm experiments

Rashid Nazir, Ju-Pei Shen, Jun-Tao Wang, Hang-Wei Hu, Ji-Zheng He

2017-11-13

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment and their subsequent acquisition by clinically important microorganisms are ..

Long-Term Nickel Contamination Increases the Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Agricultural Soils

Hang-Wei Hu, Jun-Tao Wang, Jing Li, Xiu-Zhen Shi, Yi-Bing Ma, Deli Chen, Ji-Zheng He

2017-01-17

Heavy metal contamination is assumed to be a selection pressure on antibiotic resistance, but to our knowledge, evidence of the he..