Exploring the impact of biochar supplement on the dynamics of antibiotic resistant fungi during pig manure composting

Zhou, Yuwen; Zhang, Zengqiang; Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar

Exploring the impact of biochar supplement on the dynamics of antibiotic resistant fungi during pig manure composting

2022

Zhou, Yuwen | Zhang, Zengqiang | Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar

The purpose of this study was to investigate antibiotic resistant fungal (ARF) communities in pig manure (PM) composting employing two different biochar (coconut shell-CSB and bamboo biochar-BB) as amendment. Three treatments (Control, 10% CSB and 10% BB) were designed and indicated with T1 to T3. Experimental results declared that the fungal abundance significantly reduced among the both biochar applied treatments but three dominant phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Mucoromycota were still relatively greater abundance present. There were significant differences (p < 0.05) in the relative abundance and diversity of fungi among all three treatments. Interestingly, biochar addition regulated the overall fungal community in final compost. Compared with the control group, the abundance of fungi was positively mobilized, and especially CSB showed a better effect. Conclusively, biochar has potential to inhibit and reduce the ARGs population and mobility in compost. Thus, these findings offer new insight to understand the succession of ARFs during PM composting.

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