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Chowdhury NN, Hicks E, Wiesner MR. Investigating and Modeling the Regulation of Extracellular Antibiotic Resistance Gene Bioavailability by Naturally Occurring Nanoparticles. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:15044-15053. [PMID: 35853206 PMCID: PMC9979080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Extracellular antibiotic resistance genes (eARGs) are widespread in the environment and can genetically transform bacteria. This work examined the role of environmentally relevant nanoparticles (NPs) in regulating eARG bioavailability. eARGs extracted from antibiotic-resistant B. subtilis were incubated with nonresistant recipient B. subtilis cells. In the mixture, particle type (either humic acid coated nanoparticles (HASNPs) or their micron-sized counterpart (HASPs)), DNase I concentration, and eARG type were systematically varied. Transformants were counted on selective media. Particles decreased bacterial growth and eARG bioavailability in systems without nuclease. When DNase I was present (≥5 μg/mL), particles increased transformation via chromosomal (but not plasmid-borne) eARGs. HASNPs increased transformation more than HASPs, indicating that the smaller nanoparticle with greater surface area per volume is more effective in increasing eARG bioavailability. These results were also modeled via particle aggregation theory, which represented eARG-bacteria interactions as transport leading to collision, followed by attachment. Using attachment efficiency as a fitting factor, the model predicted transformant concentrations within 35% of experimental data. These results confirm the ability of NPs to increase eARG bioavailability and suggest that particle aggregation theory may be a simplified and suitable framework to broadly predict eARG uptake.
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- Nadratun N Chowdhury
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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Yang P, Hao S, Han M, Xu J, Yu S, Chen C, Zhang H, Ning K. Analysis of antibiotic resistance genes reveals their important roles in influencing the community structure of ocean microbiome. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 823:153731. [PMID: 35143795 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) content is a well-established driver of microbial abundance and diversity in an environment. By reanalyzing 132 metagenomic datasets from the Tara Oceans project, we aim to unveil the associations between environmental factors, the ocean microbial community structure and ARG contents. We first investigated the structural patterns of microbial communities including both prokaryotes such as bacteria and eukaryotes such as protists. Additionally, several ARG-dominant horizontal gene transfer events between Protist and Prokaryote have been identified, indicating the potential roles of ARG in shaping the ocean microbial communities. For a deeper insight into the role of ARGs in ocean microbial communities on a global scale, we identified 1926 unique types of ARGs and discovered that the ARGs are more abundant and diverse in the mesopelagic zone than other water layers, potentially caused by limited resources. Finally, we found that ARG-enriched genera were often more abundant compared to their ARG-less neighbors in the same environment (e.g. coastal oceans). A deeper understanding of the ARG-microbiome relationships could help in the conservation of the oceanic ecosystem.
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- Pengshuo Yang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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Macrolide resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in waterways from pig farms to the sea in Taiwan. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2022; 29:360-370. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2022.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Amaro F, Martín-González A. Microbial warfare in the wild-the impact of protists on the evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:559-571. [PMID: 34365574 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00192-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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During the long history of co-evolution with protists, bacteria have evolved defense strategies to avoid grazing and survive phagocytosis. These mechanisms allow bacteria to exploit phagocytic cells as a protective niche in which to escape from environmental stress and even replicate. Importantly, these anti-grazing mechanisms can function as virulence factors when bacteria infect humans. Here, we discuss how protozoan predation exerts a selective pressure driving bacterial virulence and shaping their genomes, and how bacteria-protist interactions might contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance as well. We provide examples to demonstrate that besides being voracious bacterial predators, protozoa can serve as melting pots where intracellular organisms exchange genetic information, or even "training grounds" where some pathogens become hypervirulent after passing through. In this special issue, we would like to emphasize the tremendous impact of bacteria-protist interactions on human health and the potential of amoebae as model systems to study biology and evolution of a variety of pathogens. Besides, a better understanding of bacteria-protist relationships will help us expand our current understanding of bacterial virulence and, likely, how pathogens emerge.
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- Francisco Amaro
- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, School of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, School of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Chowdhury NN, Cox AR, Wiesner MR. Nanoparticles as vectors for antibiotic resistance: The association of silica nanoparticles with environmentally relevant extracellular antibiotic resistance genes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 761:143261. [PMID: 33223180 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A relevant but yet unconsidered subset of particles that may alter the fate of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes (eARGs) are nano-scale particles (NPs), which are ubiquitous in natural environments and have unique properties. In this study, sorption isotherms were developed describing the association of linear DNA fragments isolated from widespread eARGs (blaI and nptII) with either micon-sized kaolinite or silica nanoparticles (SNPs), to determine if sorption capacity was enhanced at the nanoscale. For each isotherm, eARG fragments were added at five starting concentrations (5-40 μg/mL) to mixed batch systems with 0.25 g of particles and nuclease-free water. Sorption was quantified by the removal of DNA from solution, as detected by a Qubit fluorimeter. Isotherms were developed for eARGs of various fragment lengths (508, 680 and 861 bp), guanine-cytosine (GC) contents (34%, 47% and 54%) and both double and single stranded eARGs, to assess the impact of DNA properties on particle association. Sorption isotherms were also developed in systems with added humic acid and/or CaCl2, to assess the impact of these environmental parameters on sorption. FTIR analysis was performed to analyze the conformation of sorbed eARGs. Desorption of eARGs was studied by quantifying the removal of eDNA from washed and vortexed post-sorption particles. Statistically significant irreversible sorption of eARGs to environmentally relevant NPs (humic acid functionalized silica nanoparticles) was demonstrated for the first time. Nano-emergent properties did not increase sorption capacity of eARGs, but led to a unique compressed conformation of sorbed eARGs. The addition of humic acid, increased CaCl2 concentration and small DNA fragment size favored sorption. NPs showed a slight preference for the sorption of single-stranded DNA over double-stranded DNA. These findings suggest that NP association with eARGs may be a significant and unique environmental phenomenon that could influence the spread of antibiotic resistance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nadratun N Chowdhury
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA
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Abe K, Nomura N, Suzuki S. Biofilms: hot spots of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in aquatic environments, with a focus on a new HGT mechanism. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 96:5766226. [PMID: 32109282 PMCID: PMC7189800 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biofilms in water environments are thought to be hot spots for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). ARGs can be spread via HGT, though mechanisms are known and have been shown to depend on the environment, bacterial communities and mobile genetic elements. Classically, HGT mechanisms include conjugation, transformation and transduction; more recently, membrane vesicles (MVs) have been reported as DNA reservoirs implicated in interspecies HGT. Here, we review the current knowledge on the HGT mechanisms with a focus on the role of MVs and the methodological innovations in the HGT research.
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- Kimihiro Abe
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8577 Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8577 Japan.,Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8577 Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-8577 Japan
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Obayashi Y, Kadoya A, Kataoka N, Kanda K, Bak SM, Iwata H, Suzuki S. Tetracycline Resistance Gene Profiles in Red Seabream ( Pagrus major) Intestine and Rearing Water After Oxytetracycline Administration. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1764. [PMID: 32849389 PMCID: PMC7417432 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Marine aquaculture fish and the environment are possible hot spots for the maintenance and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). We here show the time courses of changes of six tetracycline resistance genes (tet) in fish rearing seawater and fish intestine in tank experiments. Experimental tanks were prepared as oxytetracycline (OTC) administration tanks and those without OTC. It was found that tet(B), tet(M), and tet(W) were dominant in seawater among the six tet genes. tet(B) and tet(M) abundances increased immediately after OTC administration, indicating that OTC served as a selective pressure to increase the proportion of tet-possessing bacteria. In contrast, the abundance of tet genes in the fish intestine did not differ between the with- and without-OTC administration groups, and clearly was not altered by OTC administration. Profile changing of tet in seawater and fish intestine did not synchronize. These observations suggested that the dynamics of intestinal tet-possessing bacteria do not directly reflect the environment, but reflect selection within the intestine.
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- Yumiko Obayashi
- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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Schages L, Wichern F, Kalscheuer R, Bockmühl D. Winter is coming - Impact of temperature on the variation of beta-lactamase and mcr genes in a wastewater treatment plant. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 712:136499. [PMID: 31945531 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) play a key role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and analyzing the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and resistant bacteria is necessary to evaluate the risk of proliferation caused by WWTPs. Since few studies investigated the seasonal variation of antibiotic resistance, this study aimed to determine the abundance of beta-lactamase and mcr genes and to characterize phenotypic resistant strains in a WWTP in Germany over the seasons. Wastewater, sewage sludge and effluent samples were collected over a one year period and analyzed using quantitative real-time PCR. Resistant strains were isolated, followed by identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing using VITEK 2. The results show a significantly higher occurrence of nearly all investigated ARGs in the wastewater compared to sewage sludge and effluent. ARG abundance and temperature showed a negative correlation in wastewater and significant differences between ARG abundance during warmer and colder seasons were determined, indicating a seasonal effect. Co-occurrence of mcr-1 and carbapenemase genes in a multi-drug resistant Enterobacter cloacae and Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) was determined. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detection of mcr-1, blaVIM and blaOXA-48 in an ESBL-producing E. coli. Although wastewater treatment reduced the abundance of ARGs and resistant strains, a dissemination into the river might be possible because carbapenemase-, CTX-M- and mcr-1-gene harboring strains were still present in the effluent.
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- Laura Schages
- Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kleve, Germany; Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Germany
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- Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kleve, Germany
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- Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Germany
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- Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kleve, Germany.
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Nguyen BAT, Chen QL, He JZ, Hu HW. Microbial regulation of natural antibiotic resistance: Understanding the protist-bacteria interactions for evolution of soil resistome. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 705:135882. [PMID: 31818598 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The emergence, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment represent a global threat to human health. Our knowledge of antibiotic resistance in human-impacted ecosystems is rapidly growing with antibiotic use, organic fertilization and wastewater irrigation identified as key selection pressures. However, the importance of biological interactions, especially predation and competition, as a potential driver of antibiotic resistance in the natural environment with limited anthropogenic disturbance remains largely overlooked. Stress-affected bacteria develop resistance to maximize competition and survival, and similarly bacteria may develop resistance to fight stress under the predation pressure of protists, an essential component of the soil microbiome. In this article, we summarized the major findings for the prevalence of natural ARGs on our planet and discussed the potential selection pressures driving the evolution and development of antibiotic resistance in natural settings. This is the first article that reviewed the potential links between protists and the antibiotic resistance of bacteria, and highlighted the importance of predation by protists as a crucial selection pressure of antibiotic resistance in the absence of anthropogenic disturbance. We conclude that an improved ecological understanding of the protists-bacteria interactions and other biological relationships would greatly expand our ability to predict and mitigate the environmental antibiotic resistance under the context of global change.
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- Bao-Anh Thi Nguyen
- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
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Kohyama Y, Suzuki S. Conjugative Gene Transfer between Nourished and Starved Cells of Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae and Escherichia coli. Microbes Environ 2019; 34:388-392. [PMID: 31631079 PMCID: PMC6934395 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me19099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between bacteria with different habitats and nutritional requirements is important for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG). The objective of the present study was to clarify the effects of organic matter on HGT between nourished and starved bacteria. We demonstrated that conjugation ability is affected by the nutritional conditions of the cell and environment. A filter mating HGT experiment was performed using Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae, strain 04Ya311, a marine-origin bacterium possessing the multidrug-resistance plasmid pAQU1, as the donor, and Escherichia coli as the recipient. The donor and recipient were both prepared as nutrient-rich cultured and starved cells. Filter mating was performed on agar plates with and without organic nutrients. The transcription of the plasmid-borne genes tet(M) and traI was quantitated under eutrophic and oligotrophic conditions. The donor P. damselae transferred the plasmid to E. coli at a transfer rate of 10−4 under oligotrophic and eutrophic conditions. However, when the donor was starved, HGT was not detected under oligotrophic conditions. The addition of organic matter to starved cells restored conjugative HGT even after 6 d of starvation. The transcription of traI was not detected in starved cells, but was restored upon the addition of organic matter. The HGT rate appears to be affected by the transcription of plasmid-associated genes. The present results suggest that the HGT rate is low in starved donors under oligotrophic conditions, but is restored by the addition of organic matter.
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University
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Hirakata Y, Hatamoto M, Oshiki M, Watari T, Kuroda K, Araki N, Yamaguchi T. Temporal variation of eukaryotic community structures in UASB reactor treating domestic sewage as revealed by 18S rRNA gene sequencing. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12783. [PMID: 31484981 PMCID: PMC6726610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49290-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Eukaryotes are important components of ecosystems in wastewater treatment processes. However, little is known about eukaryotic community in anaerobic wastewater treatment systems. In this study, eukaryotic communities in an up flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating domestic sewage during two years of operation were investigated using V4 and V9 regions of 18S rRNA gene for amplicon sequencing. In addition, activated sludge and influent sewage samples were also analyzed and used as the references for aerobic eukaryotic community to characterize anaerobic eukaryotes. The amplicon sequence V4 and V9 libraries detected different taxonomic groups, especially from the UASB samples, suggesting that commonly used V4 and V9 primer pairs could produce a bias for eukaryotic communities analysis. Eukaryotic community structures in the UASB reactor were influenced by the immigration of eukaryotes via influent sewage but were clearly different from the influent sewage and activated sludge. Multivariate statistics indicated that protist genera Cyclidium, Platyophrya and Subulatomonas correlated with chemical oxygen demand and suspended solid concentration, and could be used as bioindicators of treatment performance. Uncultured eukaryotes groups were dominant in the UASB reactor, and their physiological roles need to be examined to understand their contributions to anaerobic processes in future studies.
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- Yuga Hirakata
- Department of Science of Technology Innovation, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National institute of Technology, Nagaoka College, 888 Nishikatakaimachi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0834, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Miyakonojo College, 473-1 Yoshio-cho, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, 885-8567, Japan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National institute of Technology, Nagaoka College, 888 Nishikatakaimachi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0834, Japan
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- Department of Science of Technology Innovation, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan
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Ishii S. Ecology of Pathogens and Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria in Environments: Challenges and Opportunities. Microbes Environ 2019; 34:1-4. [PMID: 30930405 PMCID: PMC6440737 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me3401rh] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Satoshi Ishii
- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota.,BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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Suzuki S, Makihara N, Kadoya A. Tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) of a marine bacterial strain is not accumulated in bivalves from seawater in clam tank experiment and mussel monitoring. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 634:181-187. [PMID: 29627540 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are found in marine as well as terrestrial bacteria. Bivalves are known to accumulate chemical pollutants and pathogenic microbes, however, the fate of ARGs in bivalves after the intake of ARG-possessing bacteria is not known. Here we show that the copy number of oxytetracycline resistance gene tet(M) increased rapidly in the clam digestive tract by filtering water, then remained constant over 96h in a tank experiment even with the addition of tet(M)-possessing bacteria every 24h. >99.9% of the added tet(M) was decomposed, reaching a balanced state. Environmental sampling of mussel digestive tract and seawater supported the hypothesis that tet(M) was decomposed in bivalves as tet(M) was present in seawater from April to October at a concentration of 10-5 to 10-6 copies/16S, whereas tet(M) in mussels was mostly below the detection limit. Two (April) and three (July and October) individual mussels were positive for tet(M) with a concentration equivalent to that of seawater. We therefore conclude that bivalves do not accumulate tet(M) from seawater.
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- Satoru Suzuki
- Centre for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
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- Centre for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
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- Centre for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
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Zhang Y, Niu Z, Zhang Y, Zhang K. Occurrence of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in coastal areas of Bohai Bay (China) and the factors affecting them. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 236:126-136. [PMID: 29414333 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Coastal areas are the transition zones between ocean and land where intracellular antibiotic resistance genes (iARGs) and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes (eARGs) could spread among marine organisms, and between humans and marine organisms. However, little attention has been paid to the combined research on iARGs and eARGs in marine environment. In this context, we collected water and sediment samples from the coastal areas of the Bohai Bay in China and performed molecular and chemical analyses. The results of quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) showed that the relative abundance of eARGs was up to 4.3 ± 1.3 × 10-1 gene copies/16S rRNA copies in the water samples and 2.6 ± 0.3 × 10-3 gene copies/16S rRNA copies in the sediment samples. Also, the abundance of eARGs was significantly higher than that of iARGs. Furthermore, the average abundances of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs, include iARGs and eARGs) were the highest in both the water and sediment samples from the estuaries. The results of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the concentrations of antibiotics in estuaries and areas near the mariculture site were higher than that in the other sites. The class 1 integron gene (int1) and sul1 in the intracellular DNA were significantly correlated in the water samples. Moreover, significant correlation between int1 and sul2 in the extracellular DNA was also found in the sediment samples. The combination of sulfamerazine and tetracycline as well as the combination of sulfamethazine and dissolved oxygen can both explain the abundance of ARGs, implying the combined effects of multiple stresses on ARGs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yongpeng Zhang
- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
| | - Kai Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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