Topić Popović, Natalija; Strunjak-Perović, Ivančica; Klobučar, Roberta Sauerborn; Barišić, Josip; Babić, Sanja; Jadan, Margita; Kepec, Slavko; Kazazić, Snježana P.; Matijatko, Vesna; Beer Ljubić, Blanka; Car, Ivan; Repec, Siniša; Stipaničev, Draženka; Klobučar, Goran I.V.; Čož-Rakovac, Rozelindra (2015) Impact of treated wastewater on organismic biosensors at various levels of biological organization. Science of the Total Environment, 538 . pp. 23-37. ISSN 0048-9697
Abstract
Relating the treated wastewater quality and its impact on organismic biosensors (Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio and earthworm, Eisenia fetida) was the main objective of the study. The impact on health status of fish living downstream, microbiological contamination and antimicrobial resistance, fish tissue structure, blood biochemistry, oxidative stress, genotoxic effects, as well as multixenobiotic resistance mechanism (MXR) was assessed. Treatedwastewater discharged fromtheWWTPmodified the environmental parameters and xenobiotic concentrations of the receiving surface waters. Potential bacterial pathogens fromfish and respectivewaters were found in relatively low numbers, although they comprised aeromonads with a zoonotic potential. High resistance profileswere determined towards the tested antimicrobial compounds,mostly sulfamethoxazole and erythromycin. Histopathology primarily revealed gill lamellar fusion and reduction of interlamellar spaces of effluent fish. A significant increase in plasma values of urea, total proteins, albumins and triglycerides and a significant decrease in the activity of plasma superoxide dismutase were noted in carp from the effluent-receiving canal. Micronucleus test did not reveal significant differences between the examined groups, but a higher frequency of erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities was found in fish sampled from the effluent-receiving canal. Earthworms indicated to the presence ofMXR inhibitors inwater and sludge samples, thus proving as a sensitive sentinel organism for environmental pollutants. The integrative approach of this study could serve as a guiding principle in conducting evaluations of the aquatic habitat health in complex bio-monitoring studies.
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the Croatian MSES Grant No. 098-1782739-249 and by the Virkom d.o.o., Public Water Supply and Wastewater Services. | ||||||||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | WWTP; effluent; bacteria; fish; genotoxicity; earthworm; MXR | ||||||||||||
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology > Microbiology NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology > Ecology BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCES BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Technical Sciences INTERDISCIPLINARY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE |
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| Divisions: | Division of Materials Chemistry | ||||||||||||
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| Depositing User: | Sanja Babić | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2017 10:10 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/3732 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.044 |
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