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Prevalence and Quantitative Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Surface and Groundwater in Meandering Part of the Kelani River Basin in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Liyanage, G.Y
dc.contributor.author Illango, A
dc.contributor.author Manage, P.M
dc.date.accessioned 2021-09-02T04:26:58Z
dc.date.available 2021-09-02T04:26:58Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Liyanage, G.Y, et al.(2021)."Prevalence and Quantitative Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Surface and Groundwater in Meandering Part of the Kelani River Basin in Sri Lanka", Water Air Soil Pollut (2021) 232:351 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/9436
dc.description.abstract Nearly 80% of the population in the Colombo district fulfll their major requirement from the Kelani river. Recent studies are interoperating: most groundwater and surface water in Sri Lanka are contaminated with waterborne pathogens and antibiotics. In the present study, nine antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) were screened which were belonging to two common groups of antibiotic: penicillin — OPR D, bla TEM, bla OXA, amp a, and amp b — and tetracycline — tet A, tet M, tet B, and tet S. The results of the study reveled that the surface and groundwater of the entire lower part of the Kelani river basin were contaminated with TC and FC (98%). None of the penicillin and tetracycline group antibiotics were detected either surface or groundwater samples except the Kelani river mouth (amoxicillin (AMX) at 0.003±0.001 µg/ml). The results showed that 5 to 15% of surface water samples were positive for penicillin resistance genes (bla TEM, bla OXA, OPR D, amp a, amp b) where~10% of groundwater samples were positive against tetracycline resistance genes (tet A, tet M, tet S, tet B). Among the penicillin resistance genes, the bla TEM (700.576× 102 copy/ml) was recorded as the highest concentration where the highest tet A gene (439.875× 102 copy/ml) was detected among the tetracycline resistance genes. Therefore, water quality management and regular monitoring are essential to maintain the quality of drinking water in the meandering part of the Kelani river basin to safeguard river water consumers. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.subject Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) · Tetracycline · Penicillin · Water quality en_US
dc.title Prevalence and Quantitative Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Surface and Groundwater in Meandering Part of the Kelani River Basin in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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