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Jo SJ, Kwon J, Kim SG, Lee SJ. The Biotechnological Application of Bacteriophages: What to Do and Where to Go in the Middle of the Post-Antibiotic Era. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2311. [PMID: 37764155 PMCID: PMC10534921 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Amid the escalating challenges of antibiotic resistance, bacterial infections have emerged as a global threat. Bacteriophages (phages), viral entities capable of selectively infecting bacteria, are gaining momentum as promising alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Their distinctive attributes, including host specificity, inherent self-amplification, and potential synergy with antibiotics, render them compelling candidates. Phage engineering, a burgeoning discipline, involves the strategic modification of bacteriophages to enhance their therapeutic potential and broaden their applications. The integration of CRISPR-Cas systems facilitates precise genetic modifications, enabling phages to serve as carriers of functional genes/proteins, thereby enhancing diagnostics, drug delivery, and therapy. Phage engineering holds promise in transforming precision medicine, addressing antibiotic resistance, and advancing diverse applications. Emphasizing the profound therapeutic potential of phages, this review underscores their pivotal role in combatting bacterial diseases and highlights their significance in the post-antibiotic era.
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- Su Jin Jo
- College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeonbuk National University, 79 Gobong-ro, Iksan City 54596, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering, Seowon University, 377-3 Musimseoro, Seowon-gu, Cheong-ju City 28674, Republic of Korea
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Wei L, Zhang H, Sun X, Huang X, Li H, Li F, Guo Y, Yang Q. Aptasensor based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer for the determination of kanamycin. Eur Food Res Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-022-03985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Khan SJ, Osborn AM, Eswara PJ. Effect of Sunlight on the Efficacy of Commercial Antibiotics Used in Agriculture. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:645175. [PMID: 34140934 PMCID: PMC8203823 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Antibiotic stewardship is of paramount importance to limit the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in not only hospital settings, but also in animal husbandry, aquaculture, and agricultural sectors. Currently, large quantities of antibiotics are applied to treat agricultural diseases like citrus greening disease (CGD). The two commonly used antibiotics approved for this purpose are streptomycin and oxytetracycline. Although investigations are ongoing to understand how efficient this process is to control the spread of CGD, to our knowledge, there have been no studies that evaluate the effect of environmental factors such as sunlight on the efficacy of the above-mentioned antibiotics. We conducted a simple disc-diffusion assay to study the efficacy of streptomycin and oxytetracycline after exposure to sunlight for 7- or 14-day periods using Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis as the representative strains of Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms, respectively. Freshly prepared discs and discs stored in the dark for 7 or 14 days served as our controls. We show that the antibiotic potential of oxytetracycline exposed to sunlight dramatically decreases over the course of 14 days against both E. coli and B. subtilis. However, the effectiveness of streptomycin was only moderately impacted by sunlight. It is important to note that antibiotics that last longer in the environment may play a deleterious role in the rise and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Further studies are needed to substantively analyze the safety and efficacy of antibiotics used for broader environmental applications.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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Miller GS, Parente RM, Santra S, Gesquiere AJ. Tracking of fluorescent antibiotic conjugate in planta utilizing fluorescence lifetime imaging. PLANTA 2021; 253:62. [PMID: 33544238 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03559-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Excited state lifetime-based separation of fluorophore-tagged antibiotic conjugate emission from the spectrally broad plant autofluorescence enables in planta tracking of the translocation of systemic cargo such as antibiotics via fluorescence lifetime imaging. The efficacy of antibiotic treatments in citrus crops is uncertain due to mixed results from in-field experiments and a lack of study on their systemic movement. As of yet there has been an inability to track treatments using traditional fluorescence microscopy due to treatments having little fluorescence characteristics, and signal convolution due to plant autofluorescence. In this study, we used streptomycin sulfate, a commercially available antibiotic, and conjugated it to a modified tris(bipyridine) ruthenium (II) chloride, a dye with an excited state lifetime magnitudes higher than other commonly used organic fluorescent probes. The resultant is a fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) trackable antibiotic conjugate, covalently attached via an amide linkage that is uniquely distinguishable from plant autofluorescence. Characterization of the fluorescent antibiotic conjugate showed no mitigation of excited state lifetime, and a distinct IR peak not found in any synthetic components. Subsequent tracking using FLIM in citrus tissue was achieved, with identification of movement through citrus plant vasculature via tissue localization in xylem and phloem. Results indicated upwards systemic movement of the conjugate in both xylem and phloem after 48 h of incubation. However, the conjugate failed to move down towards the root system of the plant by 168 h. Mechanistically, it is likely that xylem contributes heavily in the translocation of the conjugate upwards; however, phloem led flow due to growth changes could act as a contributor. This proof-of-concept sets groundwork for subsequent studies regarding antibiotic localization and movement in citrus.
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- Gregory S Miller
- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA.
- The College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA.
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Belal ASF, Ismail A, Elnaggar MM, Belal TS. Click chemistry inspired copper sulphide nanoparticle-based fluorescence assay of kanamycin using DNA aptamer. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 205:48-54. [PMID: 30007899 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A highly selective and sensitive fluorescence assay for kanamycin has been developed that depends on complementation of two splits of DNA aptamer. One DNA split was labeled with CuS nanoparticle and the other was decorated with biotin, which enabled coupling with streptavidin magnesphere paramagnetic particles (PMPs). Complementation of the two-aptamer splits happened only in the presence of kanamycin and the subsequent sandwich was separated via a magnet. The released Cu(II) was reduced to Cu(I) by sodium ascorbate and finally catalyzed the click reaction between fluorogenic 3-azido-7-hydroxycoumarin and propargyl alcohol to afford the corresponding fluorescent 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole. The fluorescence signal produced (λex. = 365 nm, λem. = 470 nm) was dependent on kanamycin concentration. Fluorescence signal amplification was found to be in good linear relationship with the logarithm of kanamycin concentration in the range of 0.04-20 nM. Furthermore, the proposed assay showed a good reproducibility, high selectivity and low detection limits for kanamycin determination. In addition, the capability of the proposed method to detect kanamycin in biological samples with satisfactory results was demonstrated.
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- Ahmed S F Belal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt
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Bengtsson-Palme J. Antibiotic resistance in the food supply chain: where can sequencing and metagenomics aid risk assessment? Curr Opin Food Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2017.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Buttimer C, McAuliffe O, Ross RP, Hill C, O’Mahony J, Coffey A. Bacteriophages and Bacterial Plant Diseases. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:34. [PMID: 28163700 PMCID: PMC5247434 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized need to develop new environmentally friendly control strategies to combat bacterial crop disease. Current control measures involving the use of traditional chemicals or antibiotics are losing their efficacy due to the natural development of bacterial resistance to these agents. In addition, there is an increasing awareness that their use is environmentally unfriendly. Bacteriophages, the viruses of bacteria, have received increased research interest in recent years as a realistic environmentally friendly means of controlling bacterial diseases. Their use presents a viable control measure for a number of destructive bacterial crop diseases, with some phage-based products already becoming available on the market. Phage biocontrol possesses advantages over chemical controls in that tailor-made phage cocktails can be adapted to target specific disease-causing bacteria. Unlike chemical control measures, phage mixtures can be easily adapted for bacterial resistance which may develop over time. In this review, we will examine the progress and challenges for phage-based disease biocontrol in food crops.
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- Colin Buttimer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of TechnologyCork, Ireland
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University CollegeCork, Ireland
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University CollegeCork, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of TechnologyCork, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of TechnologyCork, Ireland
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Graham F, Paradis L, Bégin P, Paradis J, Babin Y, Des Roches A. Risk of allergic reaction and sensitization to antibiotics in foods. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2014; 113:329-30. [PMID: 25168224 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- CHUM, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Ministère de l'Agriculture des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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McManus PS. Does a drop in the bucket make a splash? Assessing the impact of antibiotic use on plants. Curr Opin Microbiol 2014; 19:76-82. [PMID: 25006016 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Antibiotics are applied to plants to prevent bacterial diseases, although the diversity of antibiotics and total amounts used are dwarfed by antibiotic use in animal agriculture. Nevertheless, the release of antibiotics into the open environment during crop treatment draws scrutiny for its potential impact on the global pool of resistance genes. The main use of antibiotics on plants is application of streptomycin to prevent fire blight, a serious disease of apple and pear trees. A series of recent studies identified and quantified antibiotic resistance genes and profiled bacterial communities in apple orchard plots that were or were not sprayed with streptomycin. While the specific objectives and methods varied, the results of these studies suggest that streptomycin application for fire blight control does not influence bacterial community structure or increase the abundance of resistance genes in orchards.
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- Patricia S McManus
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.
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Scherer A, Vogt HR, Vilei EM, Frey J, Perreten V. Enhanced antibiotic multi-resistance in nasal and faecal bacteria after agricultural use of streptomycin. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:297-304. [PMID: 23157680 PMCID: PMC3558797 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Streptomycin is used in arboriculture to control fire blight. Using sheep as a model, multidrug-resistant bacteria in mammals were found to be selected after the intentional release of streptomycin into the environment. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus spp. were isolated from the faeces and nasal cavities, respectively, of sheep grazing on a field sprayed with streptomycin at concentrations used in orchards (test group) and on a field without streptomycin (control group). Before the application of streptomycin, the percentage of streptomycin-resistant E. coli isolates in faeces was 15.8% in the control group and 14.7% in the test group. After the application of streptomycin, the overall number of streptomycin-resistant E. coli isolates was significantly higher in the test group (39.9%) than in the control group (22.3%). Streptomycin-resistant Staphylococcus isolates were only detected after the application of streptomycin. Streptomycin resistance was frequently associated with resistance to sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, tetracycline and chloramphenicol and less frequently to cefotaxime in E. coli, and to tetracycline, fusidic acid and tiamulin in Staphylococcus spp. This study shows that the application of low concentrations of streptomycin on grass, as occurs during the spraying of orchards, selects for multidrug-resistant nasal and enteric bacterial flora, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli.
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- Alexandre Scherer
- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Sammer UF, Reiher K, Spiteller D, Wensing A, Völksch B. Assessment of the relevance of the antibiotic 2-amino-3-(oxirane-2,3-dicarboxamido)-propanoyl-valine from Pantoea agglomerans biological control strains against bacterial plant pathogens. Microbiologyopen 2012; 1:438-49. [PMID: 23233458 PMCID: PMC3535389 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2012] [Revised: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The epiphyte Pantoea agglomerans 48b/90 (Pa48b) is a promising biocontrol strain against economically important bacterial pathogens such as Erwinia amylovora. Strain Pa48b produces the broad-spectrum antibiotic 2-amino-3-(oxirane-2,3-dicarboxamido)-propanoyl-valine (APV) in a temperature-dependent manner. An APV-negative mutant still suppressed the E. amylovora population and fire blight disease symptoms in apple blossom experiments under greenhouse conditions, but was inferior to the Pa48b wild-type indicating the influence of APV in the antagonism. In plant experiments with the soybean pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea both, Pa48b and the APV-negative mutant, successfully suppressed the pathogen. Our results demonstrate that the P. agglomerans strain Pa48b is an efficient biocontrol organism against plant pathogens, and we prove its ability for fast colonization of plant surfaces over a wide temperature range.
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- Ulrike F Sammer
- Institute for Microbiology, Microbial Communication, University of Jena, Neugasse 25, D-07743, Jena, Germany.
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Sierra-Rodero M, Fernández-Romero JM, Gómez-Hens A. Determination of aminoglycoside antibiotics using an on-chip microfluidic device with chemiluminescence detection. Mikrochim Acta 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-012-0878-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The Importance of a One Health Approach to Preventing the Development and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45791-7_224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Yashiro E, McManus PS. Effect of streptomycin treatment on bacterial community structure in the apple phyllosphere. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37131. [PMID: 22629357 PMCID: PMC3357425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We studied the effect of many years of streptomycin use in apple orchards on the proportion of phyllosphere bacteria resistant to streptomycin and bacterial community structure. Leaf samples were collected during early July through early September from four orchards that had been sprayed with streptomycin during spring of most years for at least 10 years and four orchards that had not been sprayed. The percentage of cultured phyllosphere bacteria resistant to streptomycin at non-sprayed orchards (mean of 65%) was greater than at sprayed orchards (mean of 50%) (P = 0.0271). For each orchard, a 16S rRNA gene clone library was constructed from leaf samples. Proteobacteria dominated the bacterial communities at all orchards, accounting for 71 of 104 OTUs (determined at 97% sequence similarity) and 93% of all sequences. The genera Massilia, Methylobacterium, Pantoea, Pseudomonas, and Sphingomonas were shared across all sites. Shannon and Simpson's diversity indices and Pielou's evenness index were similar among orchards regardless of streptomycin use. Analysis of Similarity (ANOSIM) indicated that long-term streptomycin treatment did not account for the observed variability in community structure among orchards (R = -0.104, P = 0.655). Other variables, including time of summer, temperature and time at sampling, and relative distance of the orchards from each other, also had no significant effect on bacterial community structure. We conclude that factors other than streptomycin exposure drive both the proportion of streptomycin-resistant bacteria and phylogenetic makeup of bacterial communities in the apple phyllosphere in middle to late summer.
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- Erika Yashiro
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Walsh F, Ingenfeld A, Zampicolli M, Hilber-Bodmer M, Frey JE, Duffy B. Real-time PCR methods for quantitative monitoring of streptomycin and tetracycline resistance genes in agricultural ecosystems. J Microbiol Methods 2011; 86:150-5. [PMID: 21549164 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Antibiotic application in plant agriculture is primarily used to control fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora in pome fruit orchards. In order to facilitate environmental impact assessment for antibiotic applications, we developed and validated culture-independent quantitative real-time PCR multiplex assays for streptomycin (strA, strB, aadA and insertion sequence IS1133) and tetracycline (tetB, tetM and tetW) resistance elements in plant and soil samples. The qPCR were reproducible and consistent whether the DNA was extracted directly from bacteria, plant and soil samples inoculated with bacteria or soil samples prior to and after manure slurry treatment. The genes most frequently identified in soils pre- and post-slurry treatment were strB, aadA, tetB and tetM. All genes tested were detected in soils pre-slurry treatment, and a decrease in relative concentrations of tetB and the streptomycin resistance genes was observed in samples taken post-slurry treatment. These multiplex qPCR assays offer a cost-effective, reliable method for simultaneous quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in complex, environmental sample matrices.
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- F Walsh
- Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Plant Protection Division, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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Confirmatory method for the determination of streptomycin in apples by LC–MS/MS. Anal Chim Acta 2010; 672:103-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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