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Magalhães EA, de Jesus HE, Pereira PHF, Gomes AS, Santos HFD. Beach sand plastispheres are hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes and potentially pathogenic bacteria even in beaches with good water quality. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 344:123237. [PMID: 38159625 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
Massive amounts of microplastics are transported daily from the oceans and rivers onto beaches. The ocean plastisphere is a hotspot and a vector for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and potentially pathogenic bacteria. However, very little is known about the plastisphere in beach sand. Thus, to describe whether the microplastics from beach sand represent a risk to human health, we evaluated the bacteriome and abundance of ARGs on microplastic and sand sampled at the drift line and supralittoral zones of four beaches of poor and good water quality. The bacteriome was evaluated by sequencing of 16S rRNA gene, and the ARGs and bacterial abundances were evaluated by high-throughput real-time PCR. The results revealed that the microplastic harbored a bacterial community that is more abundant and distinct from that of beach sand, as well as a greater abundance of potential human and marine pathogens, especially the microplastics deposited closer to seawater. Microplastics also harbored a greater number and abundance of ARGs. All antibiotic classes evaluated were found in the microplastic samples, but not in the beach sand ones. Additionally, 16 ARGs were found on the microplastic alone, including genes related to multidrug resistance (blaKPC, blaCTX-M, tetM, mdtE and acrB_1), genes that have the potential to rapidly and horizontally spread (blaKPC, blaCTX-M, and tetM), and the gene that confers resistance to antibiotics that are typically regarded as the ultimate line of defense against severe multi-resistant bacterial infections (blaKPC). Lastly, microplastic harbored a similar bacterial community and ARGs regardless of beach water quality. Our findings suggest that the accumulation of microplastics in beach sand worldwide may constitute a potential threat to human health, even in beaches where the water quality is deemed satisfactory. This phenomenon may facilitate the emergence and dissemination of bacteria that are resistant to multiple drugs.
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- Emily Amorim Magalhães
- Department of Marine Biology, Fluminense Federal University - UFF. St. Professor Marcos Waldemar de Freitas Reis, Niterói, RJ, 24210-201, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Biology, Fluminense Federal University - UFF. St. Professor Marcos Waldemar de Freitas Reis, Niterói, RJ, 24210-201, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Biology, Fluminense Federal University - UFF. St. Professor Marcos Waldemar de Freitas Reis, Niterói, RJ, 24210-201, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Biology, Fluminense Federal University - UFF. St. Professor Marcos Waldemar de Freitas Reis, Niterói, RJ, 24210-201, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Biology, Fluminense Federal University - UFF. St. Professor Marcos Waldemar de Freitas Reis, Niterói, RJ, 24210-201, Brazil.
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Park S, Lee JS, Kim W, Yoon JH. Mesonia aestuariivivens sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:550. [PMID: 35951142 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03146-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A Gram-negative, aerobic, non-flagellated and ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain (JHPTF-M18T), which was isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Republic of Korea, was taxonomically characterized. Strain JHPTF-M18T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0-7.5 and in the presence of 2.0-3.0% (w/v) NaCl. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain JHPTF-M18T forms a phylogenetic lineage within the radiation comprising type strains of Mesonia species. The 16S rRNA gene of strain JHPTF-M18T shared sequence similarities of 97.7% with that of type strain of M. mobilis and 92.5-96.8% with those of type strains of the other nine Mesonia species. The DNA G+C content was 33.1% based on its genomic sequence. AAI, ANI and dDDH values between strain JHPTF-M18T and the type strains of M. mobilis, M. hitae, M. oceanica, M. phycicola and M. algae were 72.1-83.7%, 73.1-79.7% and 18.5-22.8%, respectively. Strain JHPTF-M18T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15:0, iso-C17:0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c) as its major fatty acids. Major polar lipids of strain JHPTF-M18T were phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified lipids. Strain JHPTF-M18T was separated from recognized Mesonia species by its phenotypic properties together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness. Based on data presented in this study, strain JHPTF-M18T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Mesonia. The name Mesonia aestuariivivens sp. nov. is proposed for JHPTF-M18T (=KACC 22185T = NBRC 115119T).
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- Sooyeon Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 181 Ipsin-gil, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Xu X, Zhang S, Sun X, Xu X, Zhang J. Description of Abyssalbus ytuae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the sediment of the Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this study, we describe a Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and aerobic bacterium, named strain MT3330T, which was isolated from the deep-sea sediment of the Mariana Trench. Growth of MT3330T occurred at 15–40 °C (optimum, 25–30 °C), pH 5.0–10.0 (optimum, 7.0–8.0) and with 0–8.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0–2.0 %). The results of phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that MT3330T represented a member of the family
Flavobacteriaceae
and was most closely related to
Zhouia spongiae
HN-Y44T (92.3 % sequence similarity). The results of genomic analysis indicated that MT3330T contains a circular chromosome of 4 365 036 bp with a DNA G+C content of 35.2 %. The predominant respiratory quinone of MT3330T was MK-6. The polar lipids of MT3330T included phosphatidylethanolamine, three unidentified amino lipids and four unidentified lipids. The major fatty acids of MT3330T included C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1G, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. On the basis of the results of the phylogenetic, physiological, biochemical and morphological analyses, it is suggested that strain MT3330T represents a novel genus and a novel species of the family
Flavobacteriaceae
, and the name Abyssalbus ytuae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MT3330T (=MCCC 1K06012T=KCTC 82823T).
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- Xiudan Xu
- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, PR China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, PR China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, PR China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, PR China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, PR China
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Corrigendum: Correction to manuscripts describing the fatty acid composition of organisms submitted to IJSEM between 2014 and 2021. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:005162. [PMID: 35142605 PMCID: PMC9836037 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Aureibaculum marinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Bacterium of the Family Flavobacteriaceae Isolated from the Bohai Gulf. Curr Microbiol 2019; 76:975-981. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-019-01691-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Park S, Choi J, Park JM, Yoon JH. Aestuariimonas insulae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1365-1371. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Sooyeon Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Park S, Choi J, Choi SJ, Yoon JH. Pseudobizionia ponticola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29521613 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated MM-14T, was isolated from seawater sampled from the Yellow Sea in the Republic of Korea and its taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Strain MM-14T grew optimally at 30 °C and in the presence of approximately 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain MM-14T clustered with the type strain of Hanstruepera neustonica. The novel strain exhibited a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value of 96.06 % to the type strain of H. neustonica, but higher 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values (96.13-96.69 %) to the type strains of Bizionia echini, Bizionia hallyeonensis and Bizionia psychrotolerans. Strain MM-14T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified lipid and one unidentified aminolipid. The DNA G+C content of strain MM-14T was 34.6 mol%. The phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data and other phenotypic properties revealed that strain MM-14T constitutes a new genus and species within the family Flavobacteriaceae of the phylum Bacteroidetes, for which the name Pseudobizionia ponticola gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Pseudobizionia ponticola is MM-14T (=KACC 19434T=KCTC 62139T=NBRC 113019T).
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- Sooyeon Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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