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Li K, Hao W, Chen Z, Ye Z, Zhao T. Responses of colonization and development of periphytic biofilms to three typical tire wear particles with or without incubation-aging in migrating aqueous phases. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 942:173716. [PMID: 38851346 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173716] [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: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Understanding the behavior of tire wear particles (TWPs) and their impact on aquatic environments after aging is essential. This study explored the characteristics of TWPs generated using different methods (rolling friction, sliding friction, and cryogenic milling) and their transformation after exposure to environmental conditions mimicking runoff and sewage, focusing on their effects on river water and periphytic biofilms. Laboratory experiments indicate that at low exposure levels (0.1 mg/L), TWPs promoted biofilm growth, likely due to zinc release acting as a nutrient and the aggregation of particles serving as biofilm scaffolds. However, at higher concentrations (100 mg/L), TWPs inhibited biofilm development. This inhibition is linked to toxic byproducts like N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine-quinone and environmentally persistent free radicals, which reduce biofilm biomass, alter algal diversity, and decrease the production of essential biofilm components such as proteins and polysaccharides, consistent with the inhibitory behavior of TWPs on bis-(3'-5')-cyclic diguanosine monophosphate and quorum sensing signals, including acyl-homoserine lactone and autoinducer-2. Aging processes, particularly after simulated sewage treatment, further affect ecological impacts of TWPs, reducing the benefits observed at low concentrations and intensifying the negative effects at high concentrations. Contribution of here lies in systematically revealing the impact of TWPs on the development of aquatic biofilms, emphasizing the logical relationship between their aging characteristics, environmental behavior, and ecological risks. It assesses not only the release effects of typical additives and conventional size effects but also highlights the emerging photochemical toxicity (persistent free radicals), thus providing valuable insights into the aquatic ecological risk assessment of TWPs.
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- Kun Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, China
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Imran M, Haider A, Shahzadi A, Mustajab M, Ul-Hamid A, Ullah H, Khan S, Abd-Rabboh HSM, Ikram M. Silver and carbon nitride-doped nickel selenide for effective dye decolorization and bactericidal activity: in silico docking study. RSC Adv 2024; 14:20004-20019. [PMID: 38911830 PMCID: PMC11191054 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra01437e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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In this study, nickel selenide (NiSe), Ag/C3N4-NiSe, and C3N4/Ag-NiSe nanowires (NWs) were synthesized via coprecipitation. The prepared NWs were employed for the degradation of the rhodamine B (RhB) dye in the absence of light using sodium borohydride (NaBH4), bactericidal activity against pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and in silico docking study to investigate the d-alanine ligase (DDl) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) gyrase of S. aureus. NWs demonstrate a catalytic degradation efficiency of 69.58% toward RhB in a basic medium. The percentage efficacy of the synthesized materials was evaluated as 19.12-42.62% at low and 36.61-49.72% at high concentrations against pathogenic S. aureus. Molecular docking results suggest that both C3N4/Ag-doped NiSe and Ag/C3N4-doped NiSe possess inhibitory activities toward DDl and DNA gyrase of S. aureus, which coincides with the in vitro bactericidal activity. Based on the research outcomes, the synthesized NWs show potential as an effective agent for water purification and resistance to microbial contaminants.
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- Muhammad Imran
- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad Pakpattan Road Sahiwal Punjab 57000 Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan 66000 Punjab Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus 54000 Pakistan
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- Solar Cell Applications Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore Lahore 54000 Punjab Pakistan
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- Core Research Facilities, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy and Artificial Photosynthesis (NanoREAP), Institute of Physics, UFRGS 91509-900 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Laboratory of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy and Artificial Photosynthesis (NanoREAP), Institute of Physics, UFRGS 91509-900 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University P. O. Box 9004 Abha 62223 Saudi Arabia
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- Solar Cell Applications Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore Lahore 54000 Punjab Pakistan
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Yaeger LN, Ranieri MRM, Chee J, Karabelas-Pittman S, Rudolph M, Giovannoni AM, Harvey H, Burrows LL. A genetic screen identifies a role for oprF in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm stimulation by subinhibitory antibiotics. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2024; 10:30. [PMID: 38521769 PMCID: PMC10960818 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-024-00496-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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Biofilms are surface-associated communities of bacteria that grow in a self-produced matrix of polysaccharides, proteins, and extracellular DNA (eDNA). Sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations (sub-MIC) of antibiotics induce biofilm formation, potentially as a defensive response to antibiotic stress. However, the mechanisms behind sub-MIC antibiotic-induced biofilm formation are unclear. We show that treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with multiple classes of sub-MIC antibiotics with distinct targets induces biofilm formation. Further, addition of exogenous eDNA or cell lysate failed to increase biofilm formation to the same extent as antibiotics, suggesting that the release of cellular contents by antibiotic-driven bacteriolysis is insufficient. Using a genetic screen for stimulation-deficient mutants, we identified the outer membrane porin OprF and the ECF sigma factor SigX as important. Similarly, loss of OmpA - the Escherichia coli OprF homolog - prevented sub-MIC antibiotic stimulation of E. coli biofilms. Our screen also identified the periplasmic disulfide bond-forming enzyme DsbA and a predicted cyclic-di-GMP phosphodiesterase encoded by PA2200 as essential for biofilm stimulation. The phosphodiesterase activity of PA2200 is likely controlled by a disulfide bond in its regulatory domain, and folding of OprF is influenced by disulfide bond formation, connecting the mutant phenotypes. Addition of reducing agent dithiothreitol prevented sub-MIC antibiotic biofilm stimulation. Finally, activation of a c-di-GMP-responsive promoter follows treatment with sub-MIC antibiotics in the wild-type but not an oprF mutant. Together, these results show that antibiotic-induced biofilm formation is likely driven by a signaling pathway that translates changes in periplasmic redox state into elevated biofilm formation through increases in c-di-GMP.
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- Luke N Yaeger
- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Matotoka MM, Masoko P. Evaluation of the Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity, Antibacterial, Anti-Motility, and Anti-Biofilm Effects of Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. Leaves and Stem Defatted Subfractions. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:847. [PMID: 38592866 PMCID: PMC10974473 DOI: 10.3390/plants13060847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The formation of biofilms underscores the challenge of treating bacterial infections. The study aimed to assess the antioxidant, cytotoxicity, antibacterial, anti-motility, and anti-biofilm effects of defatted fractions from Myrothamnus flabellifolius (resurrection plant). Antioxidant activity was assessed using DPPH radical scavenging and hydrogen peroxide assays. Cytotoxicity was screened using a brine shrimp lethality assay. Antibacterial activity was determined using the micro-dilution and growth curve assays. Antibiofilm potential was screened using the crystal violet and tetrazolium reduction assay. Liquid-liquid extraction of crude extracts concentrated polyphenols in the ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions. Subsequently, these fractions had notable antioxidant activity and demonstrated broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against selected Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MIC values < 630 μg/mL). Growth curves showed that the bacteriostatic inhibition by the ethyl acetate fractions was through the extension of the lag phase and/or suppression of the growth rate. The sub-inhibitory concentrations of the ethyl acetate fractions inhibited the swarming motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae by 100% and eradicated more than 50% of P. aeruginosa biofilm biomass. The polyphenolic content of M. flabellifolius plays an important role in its antibacterial, anti-motility, and antibiofilm activity, thus offering an additional strategy to treat biofilm-associated infections.
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- Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa;
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Wani AK, Ul Gani Mir T, Akhtar N, Chopra C, Bashir SM, Hassan S, Kumar V, Singh R, Américo-Pinheiro JHP. Algae-Mediated Removal of Prevalent Genotoxic Antibiotics: Molecular Perspective on Algae-Bacteria Consortia and Bioreactor-Based Strategies. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:112. [PMID: 38472428 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-024-03631-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Antibiotic pollution poses a potential risk of genotoxicity, as antibiotics released into the environment can induce DNA damage and mutagenesis in various organisms. This pollution, stemming from pharmaceutical manufacturing, agriculture, and improper disposal, can disrupt aquatic ecosystems and potentially impact human health through the consumption of contaminated water and food. The removal of genotoxic antibiotics using algae-mediated approaches has gained considerable attention due to its potential for mitigating the environmental and health risks associated with these compounds. The paper provides an in-depth examination of the molecular aspects concerning algae and bioreactor-driven methodologies utilized for the elimination of deleterious antibiotics. The molecular analysis encompasses diverse facets, encompassing the discernment and profiling of algae species proficient in antibiotic degradation, the explication of enzymatic degradation pathways, and the refinement of bioreactor configurations to augment removal efficacy. Emphasizing the significance of investigating algal approaches for mitigating antibiotic pollution, this paper underscores their potential as a sustainable solution, safeguarding both the environment and human health.
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- Atif Khurshid Wani
- School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144411, India
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- School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144411, India
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- School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144411, India
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- School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144411, India
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- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Lab, Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190006, India
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Khalifa University, Main Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, NH-8, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305817, India
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- School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144411, India
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- Department of Forest Science, Soils and Environment, School of Agronomic Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Ave. Universitária, 3780, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18610-034, Brazil.
- Brazil University, Street Carolina Fonseca, 584, São Paulo, São Paulo, 08230-030, Brazil.
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Li X, Lu Z, Wu B, Xie H, Liu G. Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes removal in biological aerated filter. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 395:130392. [PMID: 38301943 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130392] [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: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Two laboratory-level biological aerated filters (BAF) were constructed to explore their treatment capacity for simulated antibiotic wastewater at high (1 - 16 mg/L) and low (0 - 0.5 mg/L) concentrations. Results showed that BAF was capable of removing both sulfonamides and tetracyclines with an efficiency of over 90 % at 16 mg/L. The main mechanism for removing antibiotics was found to be biodegradation followed by adsorption. Paenarthrobacter was identified as the key genus in sulfonamides degradation, while Hydrogenophaga played a crucial role in tetracyclines degradation. Antibiotics resistant genes such as intI1, sul1, sul2, tetA, tetW and tetX were frequently detected in the effluent, with interception rates ranging from 105 - 106 copies/mL. The dominated microorganisms obtained in the study could potentially be utilized to enhance the capacity of biological processes for treating antibiotics contaminated wastewater. These findings contribute to a better understanding of BAF treating wastewater containing antibiotics and resistant genes.
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- Xiangkun Li
- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- North China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd., Tianjin 300381, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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Thamizhchelvan AM, Masoud AR, Su S, Lu Y, Peng H, Kobayashi Y, Wang Y, Archer NK, Hong S. Bactericidal Efficacy of the Combination of Maresin-like Proresolving Mediators and Carbenicillin Action on Biofilm-Forming Burn Trauma Infection-Related Bacteria. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2792. [PMID: 38474038 PMCID: PMC10932429 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Biofilm-associated bacterial infections are the major reason for treatment failure in many diseases including burn trauma infections. Uncontrolled inflammation induced by bacteria leads to materiality, tissue damage, and chronic diseases. Specialized proresolving mediators (SPMs), including maresin-like lipid mediators (MarLs), are enzymatically biosynthesized from omega-3 essential long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), by macrophages and other leukocytes. SPMs exhibit strong inflammation-resolving activities, especially inflammation provoked by bacterial infection. In this study, we explored the potential direct inhibitory activities of three MarLs on Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli) bacteria in their biofilms that are leading bacteria in burn trauma-related infections. We also examined the effects of MarLs on the bactericidal activities of a typical broad-spectrum antibiotic, carbenicillin (carb), on these bacteria in their preformed biofilms. The results revealed that MarLs combined with carbenicillin can inhibit the survival of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in their biofilms although MarLs alone did not exhibit bactericidal activity. Thus, our findings suggest that the combination of MarLs and carbenicillin can lower the antibiotic requirements to kill the bacteria in preformed biofilms.
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- Anbu Mozhi Thamizhchelvan
- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Box B-52, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Kanagawa, Japan
- Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-8571, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (Y.W.); (N.K.A.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (Y.W.); (N.K.A.)
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Davidson GL, Cienfuegos IA, Dalesman S. Antibiotic-altered gut microbiota explain host memory plasticity and disrupt pace-of-life covariation for an aquatic snail. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae078. [PMID: 38811063 PMCID: PMC11136587 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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There is mounting evidence that intestinal microbiota communities and their genes (the gut microbiome) influence how animals behave and interact with their environment, driving individual variation. Individual covariation in behavioural, physiological, and cognitive traits among individuals along a fast-slow continuum is thought to arise because these traits are linked as part of an adaptive pace-of-life strategy. Yet paradoxically, trait intercorrelation is absent or disrupted in some populations but not others. Here, we provide experimental evidence from aquatic pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) that environmental stressors and the gut microbiota explain host phenotypic plasticity and disrupted covariation among traits. Antibiotic exposure at varying levels of ecologically relevant concentrations had multiple effects starting with gut microbiota diversity, differential abundance, and inferred function. Memory declined in line with antibiotic concentrations that caused the most profound gut microbiota disruption, and although pace-of-life traits remained rigid, their covariation did not. Moreover, inferred microbial metabolic pathways with biologically relevant host functions explained individual and treatment variation in phenotypes. Together, our results point to the gut microbiome as a proximate mechanism influencing the emergence and maintenance of phenotypic variation within populations and highlights the need to decipher whether the gut microbiome's sensitivity to environmental pollution facilitates adaptive or maladaptive phenotypic plasticity.
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- Gabrielle L Davidson
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, United Kingdom
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, United Kingdom
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Seethalakshmi PS, Prabhakaran A, Kiran GS, Selvin J. Genomic insights into plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in the bacterium Bhargavaea beijingensis strain PS04. Arch Microbiol 2023; 206:33. [PMID: 38133813 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03746-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria through environment is a major health concern for public health. Pathogenic bacteria in natural environment can mediate the transfer of antimicrobial-resistant genes via horizontal gene transfer to naturally occurring bacteria in the soil. Bhargavaea beijingensis is a Gram-negative bacterium that is commonly found in soil and water. In recent years, there has been an emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of environmental bacteria, which pose a significant threat to human health. One mechanism of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is through the acquisition of plasmids, which can carry genes that confer resistance to various antibiotics. In this study, a novel plasmid of repUS12 replicon type was identified in the strain PS04 of B. beijingensis, which carried the ermT and tet(L) genes, encoding resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, and tetracycline. The plasmid was found to be the first of its kind in B. beijingensis and was thought to have been acquired through horizontal gene transfer. The emergence of plasmid-mediated resistance in B. beijingensis highlights the need for continued surveillance and monitoring of antibiotic resistance in environmental bacteria.
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- P S Seethalakshmi
- Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India.
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DuPont HL. The potential for development of clinically relevant microbial resistance to rifaximin-α: a narrative review. Clin Microbiol Rev 2023; 36:e0003923. [PMID: 37971270 PMCID: PMC10732030 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00039-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Rifaximin-α is a gut-targeted antibiotic indicated for numerous gastrointestinal and liver diseases. Its multifaceted mechanism of action goes beyond direct antimicrobial effects, including alterations in bacterial virulence, cytoprotective effects on host epithelial cells, improvement of impaired intestinal permeability, and reduction of proinflammatory cytokine expression via activation of the pregnane X receptor. Rifaximin-α is virtually non-absorbed, with low systemic drug levels contributing to its excellent safety profile. While there are high concentrations of drug in the colon, low water solubility leads to low colonic drug bioavailability, protecting the gut microbiome. Rifaximin-α appears to be more active in the bile-rich small bowel. Its important biologic effects are largely at sub-inhibitory concentration. Although in vitro testing of clinical isolates from rifaximin recipients has revealed rifaximin-resistant strains in some studies, the risk of emergent rifaximin-α resistance appears to be lower than for many other antibiotics. Rifaximin-α has been used for many years for traveler's diarrhea with no apparent increase in resistance levels in causative pathogens. Further, rifaximin-α retains its efficacy after long-term and recurrent usage in chronic gastrointestinal disorders. There are numerous reasons why the risk of microbial resistance to rifaximin-α may be lower than that for other agents, including low intestinal bioavailability in the aqueous colon, the mechanisms of action of rifaximin-α not requiring inhibitory concentrations of drug, and the low risk of cross transmission of rifaximin-α resistance between bacterial species. Reported emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in liver-disease patients maintained on rifaximin needs to be actively studied. Further studies are required to assess the possible correlation between in vitro resistance and rifaximin-α efficacy.
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- Herbert L. DuPont
- School of Public Health and McGovern Medical School, Baylor College of Medicine, Kelsey Research Foundation, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Villatoro-Castañeda M, Forsburg ZR, Ortiz W, Fritts SR, Gabor CR, Carlos-Shanley C. Exposure to Roundup and Antibiotics Alters Gut Microbial Communities, Growth, and Behavior in Rana berlandieri Tadpoles. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:1171. [PMID: 37759571 PMCID: PMC10525943 DOI: 10.3390/biology12091171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The gut microbiome is important for digestion, host fitness, and defense against pathogens, which provides a tool for host health assessment. Amphibians and their microbiomes are highly susceptible to pollutants including antibiotics. We explored the role of an unmanipulated gut microbiome on tadpole fitness and phenotype by comparing tadpoles of Rana berlandieri in a control group (1) with tadpoles exposed to: (2) Roundup® (glyphosate active ingredient), (3) antibiotic cocktail (enrofloxacin, sulfamethazine, trimethoprim, streptomycin, and penicillin), and (4) a combination of Roundup and antibiotics. Tadpoles in the antibiotic and combination treatments had the smallest dorsal body area and were the least active compared to control and Roundup-exposed tadpoles, which were less active than control tadpoles. The gut microbial community significantly changed across treatments at the alpha, beta, and core bacterial levels. However, we did not find significant differences between the antibiotic- and combination-exposed tadpoles, suggesting that antibiotic alone was enough to suppress growth, change behavior, and alter the gut microbiome composition. Here, we demonstrate that the gut microbial communities of tadpoles are sensitive to environmental pollutants, namely Roundup and antibiotics, which may have consequences for host phenotype and fitness via altered behavior and growth.
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- Melissa Villatoro-Castañeda
- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; (M.V.-C.); (Z.R.F.); (W.O.); (S.R.F.); (C.C.-S.)
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; (M.V.-C.); (Z.R.F.); (W.O.); (S.R.F.); (C.C.-S.)
- Archbold Biological Station, 123 Main Dr., Venus, FL 33960, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; (M.V.-C.); (Z.R.F.); (W.O.); (S.R.F.); (C.C.-S.)
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; (M.V.-C.); (Z.R.F.); (W.O.); (S.R.F.); (C.C.-S.)
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; (M.V.-C.); (Z.R.F.); (W.O.); (S.R.F.); (C.C.-S.)
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; (M.V.-C.); (Z.R.F.); (W.O.); (S.R.F.); (C.C.-S.)
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Butler G, Bos J, Austin RH, Amend SR, Pienta KJ. Escherichia coli survival in response to ciprofloxacin antibiotic stress correlates with increased nucleoid length and effective misfolded protein management. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 10:230338. [PMID: 37564061 PMCID: PMC10410211 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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The evolution of antibiotic resistance is a fundamental problem in disease management but is rarely quantified on a single-cell level owing to challenges associated with capturing the spatial and temporal variation across a population. To evaluate cell biological phenotypic responses, we tracked the single-cell dynamics of filamentous bacteria through time in response to ciprofloxacin antibiotic stress. We measured the degree of phenotypic variation in nucleoid length and the accumulation of protein damage under ciprofloxacin antibiotic and quantified the impact on bacterial survival. Increased survival was correlated with increased nucleoid length and the variation in this response was inversely correlated with antibiotic concentration. Survival time was also increased through clearance of misfolded proteins, an unexpected mechanism of stress relief deployed by the filamentous bacteria. Our results reveal a diverse range of survival tactics employed by bacteria in response to ciprofloxacin and suggest potential evolutionary routes to resistance.
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- George Butler
- Cancer Ecology Center, The Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Cancer Ecology Center, The Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Cancer Ecology Center, The Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Sanchez-Cid C, Ghaly TM, Gillings MR, Vogel TM. Sub-inhibitory gentamicin pollution induces gentamicin resistance gene integration in class 1 integrons in the environment. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8612. [PMID: 37244902 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35074-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
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Antibiotics at sub-inhibitory concentrations are often found in the environment. Here they could impose selective pressure on bacteria, leading to the selection and dissemination of antibiotic resistance, despite being under the inhibitory threshold. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of sub-inhibitory concentrations of gentamicin on environmental class 1 integron cassettes in natural river microbial communities. Gentamicin at sub-inhibitory concentrations promoted the integration and selection of gentamicin resistance genes (GmRG) in class 1 integrons after only a one-day exposure. Therefore, sub-inhibitory concentrations of gentamicin induced integron rearrangements, increasing the mobilization potential of gentamicin resistance genes and potentially increasing their dissemination in the environment. This study demonstrates the effects of antibiotics at sub-inhibitory concentrations in the environment and supports concerns about antibiotics as emerging pollutants.
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- Concepcion Sanchez-Cid
- Environmental Microbial Genomics, UMR 5005 Laboratoire Ampère, CNRS, École Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Écully, France.
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5557, UMR INRAe 1418, VetAgro Sup, Ecologie Microbienne, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Hou G, Wazir ZG, Liu J, Wang G, Rong F, Xu Y, Li M, Liu K, Liu A, Liu H, Wang F. Effects of sulfadiazine and Cu on soil potential nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria communities across different soils. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1153199. [PMID: 37256053 PMCID: PMC10225667 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1153199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Sulfadiazine (SDZ) and copper (Cu) are frequently detected in agricultural soils, but little is known on their single or combined impact on ammonia oxidizing microbial community and function across different soils. Methods In this study, a microcosm was conducted to distinguish the microbial ecotoxicity of SDZ and Cu across different soils by analyzing soil potential nitrification rate (PNR) and the amoA gene sequences. Results The results showed that the single spiking of SDZ caused a consistent decrease of soil PNR among three tested soils, but no consistent synergistic inhibition of SDZ and Cu was observed across these soils. Moreover, across three tested soils, the distinct responses to the single or joint exposure of SDZ and Cu were found in amoA gene abundance, and diversity as well as the identified genus taxa of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB). Meanwhile, only the specific genus taxa of AOA or AOB consistently corresponded to the variation of soil PNR across different treated soils. The further principal component analysis (PCA) exhibited that the variable influence of SDZ and Cu on ammonia oxidizing microbial community and function was greatly dependent on soil type. Discussion Therefore, in addition to ecological functionality and the specific prokaryotic taxa, soil microbial ecotoxicity of SDZ and Cu also was dependent on edaphic factors derived from soil types. This study proposes an integrative assessment of soil properties and multiple microbial targets to soil contamination management.
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- Guoqin Hou
- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Medicine, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong, China
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- School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Han CS, Kang JH, Park EH, Lee HJ, Jeong SJ, Kim DW, Park CW. Corrugated surface microparticles with chitosan and levofloxacin for improved aerodynamic performance. Asian J Pharm Sci 2023; 18:100815. [PMID: 37304227 PMCID: PMC10248792 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajps.2023.100815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Corrugated surface microparticles comprising levofloxacin (LEV), chitosan and organic acid were prepared using the 3-combo spray drying method. The amount and the boiling point of the organic acid affected the degree of roughness. In this study, we tried to improve the aerodynamic performance and increase aerosolization by corrugated surface microparticle for lung drug delivery efficiency as dry powder inhaler. HMP175 L20 prepared with 175 mmol propionic acid solution was corrugated more than HMF175 L20 prepared with 175 mmol formic acid solution. The ACI and PIV results showed a significant increase in aerodynamic performance of corrugated microparticles. The FPF value of HMP175 L20 was 41.3% ± 3.9% compared with 25.6% ± 7.7% of HMF175 L20. Corrugated microparticles also showed better aerosolization, decreased x-axial velocity, and variable angle. Rapid dissolution of drug formulations was observed in vivo. Low doses administered to the lungs achieved higher LEV concentrations in the lung fluid than high doses administered orally. Surface modification in the polymer-based formulation was achieved by controlling the evaporation rate and improving the inhalation efficiency of DPIs.
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- Chang-Soo Han
- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Republic of Korea
- School of Pharmacy, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Republic of Korea
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Le VV, Tran QG, Ko SR, Lee SA, Oh HM, Kim HS, Ahn CY. How do freshwater microalgae and cyanobacteria respond to antibiotics? Crit Rev Biotechnol 2023; 43:191-211. [PMID: 35189751 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2022.2026870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Antibiotic pollution is an emerging environmental challenge. Residual antibiotics from various sources, including municipal and industrial wastewater, sewage discharges, and agricultural runoff, are continuously released into freshwater environments, turning them into reservoirs that contribute to the development and spread of antibiotic resistance. Thus, it is essential to understand the impacts of antibiotic residues on aquatic organisms, especially microalgae and cyanobacteria, due to their crucial roles as primary producers in the ecosystem. This review summarizes the effects of antibiotics on major biological processes in freshwater microalgae and cyanobacteria, including photosynthesis, oxidative stress, and the metabolism of macromolecules. Their adaptive mechanisms to antibiotics exposure, such as biodegradation, bioadsorption, and bioaccumulation, are also discussed. Moreover, this review highlights the important factors affecting the antibiotic removal pathways by these organisms, which will promote the use of microalgae-based technology for the removal of antibiotics. Finally, we offer some perspectives on the opportunities for further studies and applications.
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- Ve Van Le
- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea.,Department of Environmental Biotechnology, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea
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- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea
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- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea.,Department of Environmental Biotechnology, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea.,Department of Environmental Biotechnology, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea.,Department of Environmental Biotechnology, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Cell Factory Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea.,Department of Environmental Biotechnology, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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Antimicrobial and Antiviral Properties of Triclosan-Containing Polymer Composite: Aging Effects of pH, UV, and Sunlight Exposure. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15051236. [PMID: 36904477 PMCID: PMC10007459 DOI: 10.3390/polym15051236] [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: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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The present study deals with the synthesis and characterization of a polymer composite based on an unsaturated ester loaded with 5 wt.% triclosan, produced by co-mixing on an automated hardware system. The polymer composite's non-porous structure and chemical composition make it an ideal material for surface disinfection and antimicrobial protection. According to the findings, the polymer composite effectively inhibited (100%) the growth of Staphylococcus aureus 6538-P under exposure to physicochemical factors, including pH, UV, and sunlight, over a 2-month period. In addition, the polymer composite demonstrated potent antiviral activity against human influenza virus strain A and the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), with infectious activities of 99.99% and 90%, respectively. Thus, the resulting triclosan-loaded polymer composite is revealed to have a high potential as a surface-coating non-porous material with antimicrobial properties.
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Rocha MFG, Diógenes EM, Carvalho VL, Marmontel M, da Costa MO, da Silva VMF, de Souza Amaral R, Gravena W, do Carmo NAS, Marigo J, Ocadaque CJ, Freitas AS, Pinheiro RM, de Lima-Neto RG, de Aguiar Cordeiro R, de Aquino Pereira-Neto W, de Melo Guedes GM, Sidrim JJC, de Souza Collares Maia Castelo-Branco D. Virulence factors of Gram-negative bacteria from free-ranging Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:447-462. [PMID: 36841923 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-023-01812-5] [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: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Freshwater cetaceans play a significant role as sentinel animals, providing important data on animal species and aquatic ecosystem health. They also may serve as potential reservoirs of emerging pathogens and host virulence genes in their microbiota. In this study, we evaluated virulence factors produced by Gram-negative bacteria recovered from individuals belonging to two populations of free-ranging Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). A total of 132 isolates recovered from the oral cavity, blowhole, genital opening and rectum of 21 river dolphins, 13 from Negro River and 8 from Tapajós River, Brazil, were evaluated for the production of virulence factors, such as biofilms and exoproducts (proteases, hemolysins and siderophores), in planktonic and biofilm forms. In planktonic form, 81.1% (107/132) of the tested bacteria of free-ranging Amazon river dolphins were able to produce virulence factors, with 44/132 (33.4%), 65/132 (49,2%) and 54/132 (40,9%) positive for protease, hemolysin and siderophore production, respectively. Overall, 57/132 (43.2%) of the isolates produced biofilms and, under this form of growth, 66/132 (50%), 88/132 (66.7%) and 80/132 (60.6%) of the isolates were positive for protease, hemolysin and siderophore production. In general, the isolates showed a higher release of exoproducts in biofilm than in planktonic form (P < 0.001). The present findings show that Amazon river dolphins harbor potentially pathogenic bacteria in their microbiota, highlighting the importance of monitoring the micro-organisms from wild animals, as they may emerge as pathogens for humans and other animals.
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- Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha
- Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.,Laboratory of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Group of Applied Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Associação de Pesquisa E Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos (AQUASIS), Av. José Alencar, 150. Praia de Iparana, CEP. 61.627-210, Caucaia, Ceará, Brasil.
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- Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
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- National Institute of Amazon Research-Inpa/Aquatic Mammals Laboratory, Manaus, Amazon, Brazil
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- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the Amazonas - IFAM, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Federal University of Amazonas-UFAM, Campus Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pará-UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil.,Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Eastern Amazon-EMBRAPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology of Wild Animals, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo (LAPCOM, FMVZ-USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Group of Applied Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Group of Applied Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Group of Applied Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil. .,Group of Applied Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil.,Group of Applied Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315. Fortaleza, CEP: 60.430-275, FortalezaCeará, Brazil
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Qiu J, Chen Y, Feng Y, Li X, Xu J, Jiang J. Adaptation of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities to Continuous Exposure to Multiple Residual Antibiotics in Vegetable Farms. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:3137. [PMID: 36833828 PMCID: PMC9958589 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The constant application of manure-based fertilizers in vegetable farms leads to antibiotic residue accumulation in soils, which has become a major stressor affecting agroecosystem stability. The present study investigated the adaptation profiles of rhizosphere microbial communities in different vegetable farms to multiple residual antibiotics. Multiple antibiotics, including trimethoprim, sulfonamides, quinolones, tetracyclines, macrolides, lincomycins, and chloramphenicols, were detected in the vegetable farms; the dominant antibiotic (trimethoprim) had a maximum concentration of 36.7 ng/g. Quinolones and tetracyclines were the most prevalent antibiotics in the vegetable farms. The five most abundant phyla in soil samples were Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi and Firmicutes, while the five most abundant phyla in root samples were Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Myxococcota. Macrolides were significantly correlated with microbial community composition changes in soil samples, while sulfonamides were significantly correlated with microbial community composition changes in root samples. Soil properties (total carbon and nitrogen contents and pH) influenced the shifts in microbial communities in rhizosphere soils and roots. This study provides evidence that low residual antibiotic levels in vegetable farms can shift microbial community structures, potentially affecting agroecosystem stability. However, the degree to which the shift occurs could be regulated by environmental factors, such as soil nutrient conditions.
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- Jincai Qiu
- School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Area, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Gaballah MS, Guo J, Hassanein A, Sobhi M, Zheng Y, Philbert M, Li B, Sun H, Dong R. Removal performance and inhibitory effects of combined tetracycline, oxytetracycline, sulfadiazine, and norfloxacin on anaerobic digestion process treating swine manure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159536. [PMID: 36280067 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Combined veterinary antibiotics (CVAs) belonging to different antibiotics classes could cause exacerbated impacts on the anaerobic digestion (AD) process of swine manure. Four different antibiotics "two tetracyclines: tetracycline (TC) and oxytetracycline (OTC), one fluoroquinolones: norfloxacin (Norf), and one sulfonamides: sulfadiazine (SDZ)" were combined to evaluate their removal performances and its inhibition effects on AD. Results indicated that CVAs removal decreased from 84.3 to 63.7 %, with an increase in the initial concentration from 12.5 to 50 mg L-1, where the removal of CVAs occurring in the order OTC > TC > Norf > SDZ. An average of 9.5, 7.5, 9.5, and 32.1 % of the spiked TC, OTC, SDZ, and Norf were remained in the sludge, respectively. With 50 mg L-1 of CVAs, a competitive adsorption phenomenon was found to have a notable impact on biodegradation microorganisms' activity leading a 73.1 % decrease in CH4 production. CVAs caused a temporal inhibition to the acidogenic activity followed by partial inhibition to methanogenic by 66.8 %, and IC50 was 38.5 mg L-1. Moreover, CVAs resulted in acetate accumulation, while 26 % and 48 % lower in TS and COD removal, respectively, were observed. A significant reduction in the relative abundance of bacteria and archaeal genera was also mentioned. The findings of this research would provide a more in-depth understanding of AD's performance in treating swine manure contaminated with combined antibiotics.
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- Mohamed S Gaballah
- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China; National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Marine Environment Division, NIOF, Egypt
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- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance: The Most Critical Pathogens. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12010116. [PMID: 36678464 PMCID: PMC9863892 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12010116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Antibiotics primarily act on bacterial growth by eliminating bacteria or preventing them from reproducing and spreading [...].
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Choudhary MI, Römling U, Nadeem F, Bilal HM, Zafar M, Jahan H, ur-Rahman A. Innovative Strategies to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance and Tolerance. Microorganisms 2022; 11:microorganisms11010016. [PMID: 36677308 PMCID: PMC9863313 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance and tolerance are natural phenomena that arose due to evolutionary adaptation of microorganisms against various xenobiotic agents. These adaptation mechanisms make the current treatment options challenging as it is increasingly difficult to treat a broad range of infections, associated biofilm formation, intracellular and host adapted microbes, as well as persister cells and microbes in protected niches. Therefore, novel strategies are needed to identify the most promising drug targets to overcome the existing hurdles in the treatment of infectious diseases. Furthermore, discovery of novel drug candidates is also much needed, as few novel antimicrobial drugs have been introduced in the last two decades. In this review, we focus on the strategies that may help in the development of innovative small molecules which can interfere with microbial resistance mechanisms. We also highlight the recent advances in optimization of growth media which mimic host conditions and genome scale molecular analyses of microbial response against antimicrobial agents. Furthermore, we discuss the identification of antibiofilm molecules and their mechanisms of action in the light of the distinct physiology and metabolism of biofilm cells. This review thus provides the most recent advances in host mimicking growth media for effective drug discovery and development of antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents.
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- M. Iqbal Choudhary
- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
- H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden
- Correspondence: (U.R.); (H.J.); Tel.: +46-8-5248-7319 (U.R.); +92-21-111-232-292 (ext. 301) (H.J.)
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
- Correspondence: (U.R.); (H.J.); Tel.: +46-8-5248-7319 (U.R.); +92-21-111-232-292 (ext. 301) (H.J.)
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
- H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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Baquero F, Coque TM, Martínez JL. Natural detoxification of antibiotics in the environment: A one health perspective. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1062399. [PMID: 36504820 PMCID: PMC9730888 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1062399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The extended concept of one health integrates biological, geological, and chemical (bio-geo-chemical) components. Anthropogenic antibiotics are constantly and increasingly released into the soil and water environments. The fate of these drugs in the thin Earth space ("critical zone") where the biosphere is placed determines the effect of antimicrobial agents on the microbiosphere, which can potentially alter the composition of the ecosystem and lead to the selection of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms including animal and human pathogens. However, soil and water environments are highly heterogeneous in their local composition; thus the permanence and activity of antibiotics. This is a case of "molecular ecology": antibiotic molecules are adsorbed and eventually inactivated by interacting with biotic and abiotic molecules that are present at different concentrations in different places. There are poorly explored aspects of the pharmacodynamics (PD, biological action) and pharmacokinetics (PK, rates of decay) of antibiotics in water and soil environments. In this review, we explore the various biotic and abiotic factors contributing to antibiotic detoxification in the environment. These factors range from spontaneous degradation to the detoxifying effects produced by clay minerals (forming geochemical platforms with degradative reactions influenced by light, metals, or pH), charcoal, natural organic matter (including cellulose and chitin), biodegradation by bacterial populations and complex bacterial consortia (including "bacterial subsistence"; in other words, microbes taking antibiotics as nutrients), by planktonic microalgae, fungi, plant removal and degradation, or sequestration by living and dead cells (necrobiome detoxification). Many of these processes occur in particulated material where bacteria from various origins (microbiota coalescence) might also attach (microbiotic particles), thereby determining the antibiotic environmental PK/PD and influencing the local selection of antibiotic resistant bacteria. The exploration of this complex field requires a multidisciplinary effort in developing the molecular ecology of antibiotics, but could result in a much more precise determination of the one health hazards of antibiotic production and release.
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- Fernando Baquero
- Division of Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms, Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain,*Correspondence: Fernando Baquero,
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- Division of Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms, Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFECT), Madrid, Spain
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Wee GN, Lyou ES, Hong JK, No JH, Kim SB, Lee TK. Phenotypic convergence of bacterial adaption to sub-lethal antibiotic treatment. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:913415. [PMID: 36467735 PMCID: PMC9714565 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.913415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2024] Open
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Microorganisms can adapt quickly to changes in their environment, leading to various phenotypes. The dynamic for phenotypic plasticity caused by environmental variations has not yet been fully investigated. In this study, we analyzed the time-series of phenotypic changes in Staphylococcus cells during adaptive process to antibiotics stresses using flow cytometry and Raman spectroscopy. The nine antibiotics with four different mode of actions were treated in bacterial cells at a sub-lethal concentration to give adaptable stress. Although the growth rate initially varied depending on the type of antibiotic, most samples reached the maximum growth comparable to the control through the short-term adaptation after 24 h. The phenotypic diversity, which showed remarkable changes depending on antibiotic treatment, converged identical to the control over time. In addition, the phenotype with cellular biomolecules converted into a bacterial cell that enhance tolerance to antibiotic stress with increases in cytochrome and lipid. Our findings demonstrated that the convergence into the phenotypes that enhance antibiotic tolerance in a short period when treated with sub-lethal concentrations, and highlight the feasibility of phenotypic approaches in the advanced antibiotic treatment.
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea
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Yan B, Fung K, Ye S, Lai PM, Wei YX, Sze KH, Yang D, Gao P, Kao RYT. Linoleic acid metabolism activation in macrophages promotes the clearing of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. Chem Sci 2022; 13:12445-12460. [PMID: 36382278 PMCID: PMC9629105 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04307f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens pose an increasing threat to human health. Certain bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, are able to survive within professional phagocytes to escape the bactericidal effects of antibiotics and evade killing by immune cells, potentially leading to chronic or persistent infections. By investigating the macrophage response to S. aureus infection, we may devise a strategy to prime the innate immune system to eliminate the infected bacteria. Here we applied untargeted tandem mass spectrometry to characterize the lipidome alteration in S. aureus infected J774A.1 macrophage cells at multiple time points. Linoleic acid (LA) metabolism and sphingolipid metabolism pathways were found to be two major perturbed pathways upon S. aureus infection. The subsequent validation has shown that sphingolipid metabolism suppression impaired macrophage phagocytosis and enhanced intracellular bacteria survival. Meanwhile LA metabolism activation significantly reduced intracellular S. aureus survival without affecting the phagocytic capacity of the macrophage. Furthermore, exogenous LA treatment also exhibited significant bacterial load reduction in multiple organs in a mouse bacteremia model. Two mechanisms are proposed to be involved in this progress: exogenous LA supplement increases downstream metabolites that partially contribute to LA's capacity of intracellular bacteria-killing and LA induces intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation through an electron transport chain pathway in multiple immune cell lines, which further increases the capacity of killing intracellular bacteria. Collectively, our findings not only have characterized specific lipid pathways associated with the function of macrophages but also demonstrated that exogenous LA addition may activate lipid modulator-mediated innate immunity as a potential therapy for bacterial infections.
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- Bingpeng Yan
- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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- Morningside Laboratory for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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- Morningside Laboratory for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University Hangzhou Zhejiang P. R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 21 Sassoon Road Pokfulam Hong Kong China
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Gerasimchuk N, Pinks K, Salpadoru T, Cotton K, Michka O, Patrauchan MA, Wozniak KL. Non-Antibiotic Antimony-Based Antimicrobials. Molecules 2022; 27:7171. [PMID: 36363997 PMCID: PMC9654735 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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A series of the eight novel organoantimony(V) cyanoximates of Sb(C6H5)4L composition was synthesized using the high-yield heterogeneous metathesis reaction between solid AgL (or TlL) and Sb(C6H5)4Br in CH3CN at room temperature. Cyanoximes L were specially selected from a large group of 48 known compounds of this subclass of oximes on the basis of their water solubility and history of prior biological activity. The synthesized compounds are well soluble in organic solvents and were studied using a variety of conventional spectroscopic and physical methods. The crystal structures of all reported organometallic compounds were determined and revealed the formation of the distorted trigonal bipyramidal environment of the Sb atom and monodentate axial binding of acido-ligands via the O atom of the oxime group. The compounds are thermally stable in the solid state and in solution molecular compounds. For the first time, this specially designed series of organoantimony(V) compounds is investigated as potential non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents against three bacterial and two fungal human pathogens known for their increasing antimicrobial resistance. Bacterial pathogens included Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus. Fungal pathogens included Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans. The cyanoximates alone showed no antimicrobial impact, and the incorporation of the SbPh4 group enabled the antimicrobial effect. Overall, the new antimony compounds showed a strong potential as both broad- and narrow-spectrum antimicrobials against selected bacterial and fundal pathogens and provide insights for further synthetic modifications of the compounds to increase their activities.
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- Nikolay Gerasimchuk
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Temple Hall 456, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Temple Hall 456, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Mansoor M, Hamer O, Walker E, Hill J. Antibiotics for the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CARDIAC NURSING 2022; 17:1-7. [PMID: 38812658 PMCID: PMC7616032 DOI: 10.12968/bjca.2022.0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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It is estimated that 200 million people are living with coronary heart disease, which remains one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Those living with coronary heart disease are at an increased risk of cardiovascular events such as stroke, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular death. Pathophysiology of coronary heart disease revolves around inflammation which leads to plaque build-up. Antibiotics are known to hold anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties. It is theorized that reductions in inflammation could prevent cardiovascular events which may reduce suffering, risk of death and hospital admission rates in patients with coronary heart disease. This article critically appraises a systematic review that assessed the risk of antibiotics used as secondary prevention for coronary heart disease.
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Chug MK, Brisbois EJ. Recent Developments in Multifunctional Antimicrobial Surfaces and Applications toward Advanced Nitric Oxide-Based Biomaterials. ACS MATERIALS AU 2022; 2:525-551. [PMID: 36124001 PMCID: PMC9479141 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.2c00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Implant-associated infections arising from biofilm development
are known to have detrimental effects with compromised quality of
life for the patients, implying a progressing issue in healthcare.
It has been a struggle for more than 50 years for the biomaterials
field to achieve long-term success of medical implants by discouraging
bacterial and protein adhesion without adversely affecting the surrounding
tissue and cell functions. However, the rate of infections associated
with medical devices is continuously escalating because of the intricate
nature of bacterial biofilms, antibiotic resistance, and the lack
of ability of monofunctional antibacterial materials to prevent the
colonization of bacteria on the device surface. For this reason, many
current strategies are focused on the development of novel antibacterial
surfaces with dual antimicrobial functionality. These surfaces are
based on the combination of two components into one system that can
eradicate attached bacteria (antibiotics, peptides, nitric oxide,
ammonium salts, light, etc.) and also resist or release
adhesion of bacteria (hydrophilic polymers, zwitterionic, antiadhesive,
topography, bioinspired surfaces, etc.). This review
aims to outline the progress made in the field of biomedical engineering
and biomaterials for the development of multifunctional antibacterial
biomedical devices. Additionally, principles for material design and
fabrication are highlighted using characteristic examples, with a
special focus on combinational nitric oxide-releasing biomedical interfaces.
A brief perspective on future research directions for engineering
of dual-function antibacterial surfaces is also presented.
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- Manjyot Kaur Chug
- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Effects of Tetracycline on Scenedesmus obliquus Microalgae Photosynthetic Processes. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810544. [PMID: 36142466 PMCID: PMC9504007 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tetracycline (TC) antibiotics can be detected worldwide in the aquatic environment due to their extensive use and low utilization efficiency, and they may affect the physiological processes of non-target organisms. In this study, the acute and sub-acute toxicities of TC on the freshwater microalga Scenedesmus obliquus were investigated with an emphasis on algal photosynthesis and transcription alterations during an 8 d TC exposure. The results showed that the IC10, IC30 and IC50 values were 1.8, 4.1 and 6.9 mg/L, respectively. During sub-acute exposure, the microalgae of the IC10 treatment was able to recover comparable growth to that of the control by day 7, while significantly lower cell densities were observed in the IC30 and IC50 treatments at the end of the exposure. The photosynthetic efficiency Fv/FM of S. obliquus first decreased as the TC concentration increased and then returned to a level close to that of the control on day 8, accompanied by an increase in photosynthetic activities, including light harvesting, electron transport and energy dissipation. Transcriptomic analysis of the IC10 treatment (1.8 mg/L TC) revealed that 2157 differentially expressed genes were up-regulated and 1629 were down-regulated compared with the control. KEGG and GO enrichments demonstrated that 28 photosynthesis-related genes involving light-harvesting chlorophyll protein complex, photosystem I, photosystem II, photosynthetic electron transport and enzymes were up-regulated, which may be the factor responsible for the enhanced photosynthesis and recovery of the microalgae. Our work may be helpful not only for gaining a better understanding of the environmental risk of TC at concentrations close to the real levels in natural waters, but also for explaining photosynthesis and related gene transcription induced by antibiotics.
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Gao P, Wei Y, Wan RE, Wong KW, Iu HTV, Tai SSC, Li Y, Yam HCB, Halebeedu Prakash P, Chen JHK, Ho PL, Yuen KY, Davies J, Kao RYT. Subinhibitory Concentrations of Antibiotics Exacerbate Staphylococcal Infection by Inducing Bacterial Virulence. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0064022. [PMID: 35758685 PMCID: PMC9431598 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00640-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Antibiotics are widely used for the treatment of bacterial infections. However, injudicious use of antibiotics based on an empirical method may lead to the emergence of resistant strains. Despite appropriate administration of antibiotics, their concentrations may remain subinhibitory in the body, due to individual variations in tissue distribution and metabolism rates. This may promote bacterial virulence and complicate the treatment strategies. To investigate whether the administration of certain classes of antibiotics will induce bacterial virulence and worsen the infection under in vivo conditions. Different classes of antibiotics were tested in vitro for their ability to induce virulence in a methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain Mu3 and clinical isolates. Antibiotic-induced pathogenicity was assessed in vivo using mouse peritonitis and bacteremia models. In vitro, β-lactam antibiotics and tetracyclines induced the expression of multiple surface-associated virulence factors as well as the secretion of toxins. In peritonitis and bacteremia models, mice infected with MRSA and treated with ampicillin, ceftazidime, or tetracycline showed enhanced bacterial pathogenicity. The release of induced virulence factors in vivo was confirmed in a histological examination. Subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics belonging to β-lactam and tetracycline aggravated infection by inducing staphylococcal virulence in vivo. Thus, when antibiotics are required, it is preferable to employ combination therapy and to initiate the appropriate treatment plan, following diagnosis. Our findings emphasize the risks associated with antibiotic-based therapy and underline the need for alternative therapeutic options. IMPORTANCE Antibiotics are widely applied to treat infectious diseases. Empirically treatment with incorrect antibiotics, or even correct antibiotics always falls into subinhibitory concentrations, due to dosing, distribution, or secretion. In this study, we have systematically evaluated in vitro virulence induction effect of antibiotics and in vivo exacerbated infection. The major highlight of this work is to prove the β-lactam and tetracyclines antibiotics exacerbated disease is due to their induction effect on staphylococcal virulence. This phenomenon is common and suggests that if β-lactam antibiotics remain the first line of defense during empirical therapy, we either need to increase patient reliability or the treatment approach may improve in the future when paired with anti-virulence drugs.
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- Peng Gao
- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Trampari E, Zhang C, Gotts K, Savva GM, Bavro VN, Webber M. Cefotaxime Exposure Selects Mutations within the CA-Domain of envZ Which Promote Antibiotic Resistance but Repress Biofilm Formation in Salmonella. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0214521. [PMID: 35475640 PMCID: PMC9241649 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02145-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cephalosporins are important beta lactam antibiotics, but resistance can be mediated by various mechanisms including production of beta lactamase enzymes, changes in membrane permeability or active efflux. We used an evolution model to study how Salmonella adapts to subinhibitory concentrations of cefotaxime in planktonic and biofilm conditions and characterized the mechanisms underpinning this adaptation. We found that Salmonella rapidly adapts to subinhibitory concentrations of cefotaxime via selection of multiple mutations within the CA-domain region of EnvZ. We showed that changes in this domain affect the ATPase activity of the enzyme and in turn impact OmpC, OmpF porin expression and hence membrane permeability leading to increased tolerance to cefotaxime and low-level resistance to different classes of antibiotics. Adaptation to cefotaxime through EnvZ also resulted in a significant cost to biofilm formation due to downregulation of curli. We assessed the role of the mutations identified on the activity of EnvZ by genetic characterization, biochemistry and in silico analysis and confirmed that they are responsible for the observed phenotypes. We observed that sublethal cefotaxime exposure selected for heterogeneity in populations with only a subpopulation carrying mutations within EnvZ and being resistant to cefotaxime. Population structure and composition dynamically changed depending on the presence of the selection pressure, once selected, resistant subpopulations were maintained even in extended passage without drug. IMPORTANCE Understanding mechanisms of antibiotic resistance is crucial to guide how best to use antibiotics to minimize emergence of resistance. We used a laboratory evolution system to study how Salmonella responds to cefotaxime in both planktonic and biofilm conditions. In both contexts, we observed rapid selection of mutants within a single hot spot within envZ. The mutations selected altered EnvZ which in turn triggers changes in porin production at the outer membrane. Emergence of mutations within this region was repeatedly observed in parallel lineages in different conditions. We used a combination of genetics, biochemistry, phenotyping and structural analysis to understand the mechanisms. This data show that the changes we observe provide resistance to cefotaxime but come at a cost to biofilm formation and the fitness of mutants changes greatly depending on the presence or absence of a selective drug. Studying how resistance emerges can inform selective outcomes in the real world.
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- Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom
- National Risk Assessment Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance of Animal Original Bacteria, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Veterinary Drug Development and Safety evaluation, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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Zabaloy MC, Allegrini M, Hernandez Guijarro K, Behrends Kraemer F, Morrás H, Erijman L. Microbiomes and glyphosate biodegradation in edaphic and aquatic environments: recent issues and trends. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:98. [PMID: 35478266 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03281-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) has emerged as the top-selling herbicide worldwide because of its versatility in controlling annual and perennial weeds and the extensive use of glyphosate-resistant crops. Concerns related to the widespread use of glyphosate and its ubiquitous presence in the environment has led to a large number of studies and reviews, which examined the toxicity and fate of glyphosate and its major metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in the environment. Because the biological breakdown of glyphosate is most likely the main elimination process, the biodegradation of glyphosate has also been the object of abundant experimental work. Importantly, glyphosate biodegradation in aquatic and soil ecosystems is affected not only by the composition and the activity of microbial communities, but also by the physical environment. However, the interplay between microbiomes and glyphosate biodegradation in edaphic and aquatic environments has rarely been considered before. The proposed minireview aims at filling this gap. We summarize the most recent work exploring glyphosate biodegradation in natural aquatic biofilms, the biological, chemical and physical factors and processes playing on the adsorption, transport and biodegradation of glyphosate at different levels of soil organization and under different agricultural managements, and its impact on soil microbial communities.
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- María Celina Zabaloy
- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS), Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario (IICAR), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Zavalla, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Unidad Integrada Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Balcarce, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Manejo y Conservación de Suelos, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Suelos-CIRN-INTA, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Suelos-CIRN-INTA, Hurlingham, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinaria, Universidad del Salvador, Pilar, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular "Dr Héctor N. Torres" (INGEBI-CONICET), Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428ADN, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Nagy K, Dukic B, Hodula O, Ábrahám Á, Csákvári E, Dér L, Wetherington MT, Noorlag J, Keymer JE, Galajda P. Emergence of Resistant Escherichia coli Mutants in Microfluidic On-Chip Antibiotic Gradients. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:820738. [PMID: 35391738 PMCID: PMC8981919 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.820738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Spatiotemporal structures and heterogeneities are common in natural habitats, yet their role in the evolution of antibiotic resistance is still to be uncovered. We applied a microfluidic gradient generator device to study the emergence of resistant bacteria in spatial ciprofloxacin gradients. We observed biofilm formation in regions with sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics, which quickly expanded into the high antibiotic regions. In the absence of an explicit structure of the habitat, this multicellular formation led to a spatial structure of the population with local competition and limited migration. Therefore, such structures can function as amplifiers of selection and aid the spread of beneficial mutations. We found that the physical environment itself induces stress-related mutations that later prove beneficial when cells are exposed to antibiotics. This shift in function suggests that exaptation occurs in such experimental scenarios. The above two processes pave the way for the subsequent emergence of highly resistant specific mutations.
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- Krisztina Nagy
- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- *Correspondence: Krisztina Nagy,
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
- Doctoral School of Multidisciplinary Medical Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Aysén, Coyhaique, Chile
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Aysén, Coyhaique, Chile
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
- Péter Galajda,
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Hashem I, Van Impe JFM. A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Dual Function of Antibiotics. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:812788. [PMID: 35250912 PMCID: PMC8889009 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.812788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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There are two major views toward the role of antibiotics in microbial social interactions. The classical view is that antibiotics serve as weapons, produced by a bacterial species, at a significant cost, to inhibit the growth of its competitors. This view is supported by observations that antibiotics are usually upregulated by stress responses that infer the intensity of ecological competition, such as nutrient limitation and cellular damage, which point out to a competitive role for antibiotics. The other ecological function frequently assigned to antibiotics is that they serve as signaling molecules which regulate the collective behavior of a microbial community. Here, we investigate the conditions at which a weapon can serve as a signal in the context of microbial competition. We propose that an antibiotic will serve as a signal whenever a potential alteration of the growth behavior of the signal receiver, in response to a subinhibitory concentration (SIC) of the antibiotic, reduces the competitive pressure on the signal producer. This in turn would lead to avoiding triggering the stress mechanisms of the signal producer responsible for further antibiotics production. We show using individual-based modeling that this reduction of competitive pressure on the signal producer can happen through two main classes of responses by the signal recipient: competition tolerance, where the recipient reduces its competitive impact on the signal producer by switching to a low growth rate/ high yield strategy, and niche segregation, where the recipient reduces the competitive pressure on the signal producer by reducing their niche overlap. Our hypothesis proposes that antibiotics serve as signals out of their original function as weapons in order to reduce the chances of engaging in fights that would be costly to both the antibiotic producer as well as to its competitors.
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- Ihab Hashem
- Department of Chemical Engineering, BioTeC+ & OPTEC, KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, BioTeC+ & OPTEC, KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium
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Feng Y, Hu J, Chen Y, Xu J, Yang B, Jiang J. Ecological response to antibiotics re-entering the aquaculture environment with possible long-term antibiotics selection based on enzyme activity in sediment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:19033-19044. [PMID: 34705202 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17114-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Antibiotics are frequently applied in aquaculture to control infectious diseases and promote aquaculture production. The long-term application of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance within an ecosystem. Herein, we assessed the ecological responses to two antibiotics (oxytetracycline (OTC) and sulfadiazine (SD)) at three concentrations (0 mg/kg (control), 10 mg/kg, and 1000 mg/kg) re-entering the aquaculture sediments of shrimp ponds with an approximately long-term drug application history (5, 15, and more than 30 years) for 2 and 4 months. For the newly reclaimed aquaculture ponds (approximately 5 years), the re-entered OTC significantly promoted urease activity (UA) and peroxidase activity (POA), while inhibited dehydrogenase activity (DHA) and fluorescein diacetate esterase activity (FDA). Meanwhile, the re-entered SD showed promotional effects on POA and DHA, and inhibitory effects on UA and FDA. For ponds with 15 years of aquaculture history, re-entered OTC promoted POA, inhibited FDA, and changed the influencing effects of UA and DHA with exposure time. The re-entered SD showed promotional effects on UA, POA and DHA, and inhibitory effects on FDA. For long-term aquaculture ponds (more than 30 years of aquaculture history), re-entered OTC promoted POA, DHA, and FDA, while it inhibited UA. Meanwhile, SD promoted all four enzyme activities. Pearson correlation analysis indicated that the variances of enzyme responses to the re-entry of antibiotics in the three sediment environments were related with the type, concentration, and exposure time of antibiotics, as well as the sediment properties and aquaculture history. The enzyme activities in the sediment environment from newly reclaimed aquaculture ponds were more sensitive to the re-entered antibiotics, while the enzyme activities displayed a clear tolerance in the sediment environment with more than 30 years of aquaculture history. However, in the sediment environment with 15 years of aquaculture history, the response of the enzyme activities to re-entered antibiotics demonstrated time processes of antibiotic adaptation during antibiotic resistance selection. This study has illustrated the effects of re-entered antibiotics on enzyme activities in the aquaculture environment with long-term antibiotic resistance/tolerance profiles, and further establishes the possible effects on ecosystem functioning in continuous antibiotic selection pressure.
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- Ying Feng
- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China.
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- Guangxi Scientific Experiment Center of Mining, Metallurgy and Environment, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China
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Shu Y, Liang D. Effect of tetracycline on nitrogen removal in Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) System. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0261306. [PMID: 35007308 PMCID: PMC8746769 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The effect of tetracycline (TC) on nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment plants has become a new problem. This study investigated the effects of TC on nitrogen removal using a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor system. The results showed that there was no significant effect on nitrogen removal performance when the concentration of TC was 5 mg/L, and that the total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency could reach 75–77%. However, when the concentration of TC increased to 10 mg/L, the denitrification performance was affected and the TN removal efficiency decreased to 58%. The abundance of denitrifying bacteria such as those in the genus Thauera decreased, and TC-resistant bacteria gradually became dominant. At a TC concentration of 10 mg/L, there were also increases and decreases, respectively, in the abundance of resistance and denitrification functional genes. The inhibitory effect of TC on denitrification was achieved mainly by the inhibition of nitrite-reducing bacteria.
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- Yan Shu
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, China
- The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, China
- The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, China
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Baquero F, Martínez JL, F. Lanza V, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, Galán JC, San Millán A, Cantón R, Coque TM. Evolutionary Pathways and Trajectories in Antibiotic Resistance. Clin Microbiol Rev 2021; 34:e0005019. [PMID: 34190572 PMCID: PMC8404696 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00050-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Evolution is the hallmark of life. Descriptions of the evolution of microorganisms have provided a wealth of information, but knowledge regarding "what happened" has precluded a deeper understanding of "how" evolution has proceeded, as in the case of antimicrobial resistance. The difficulty in answering the "how" question lies in the multihierarchical dimensions of evolutionary processes, nested in complex networks, encompassing all units of selection, from genes to communities and ecosystems. At the simplest ontological level (as resistance genes), evolution proceeds by random (mutation and drift) and directional (natural selection) processes; however, sequential pathways of adaptive variation can occasionally be observed, and under fixed circumstances (particular fitness landscapes), evolution is predictable. At the highest level (such as that of plasmids, clones, species, microbiotas), the systems' degrees of freedom increase dramatically, related to the variable dispersal, fragmentation, relatedness, or coalescence of bacterial populations, depending on heterogeneous and changing niches and selective gradients in complex environments. Evolutionary trajectories of antibiotic resistance find their way in these changing landscapes subjected to random variations, becoming highly entropic and therefore unpredictable. However, experimental, phylogenetic, and ecogenetic analyses reveal preferential frequented paths (highways) where antibiotic resistance flows and propagates, allowing some understanding of evolutionary dynamics, modeling and designing interventions. Studies on antibiotic resistance have an applied aspect in improving individual health, One Health, and Global Health, as well as an academic value for understanding evolution. Most importantly, they have a heuristic significance as a model to reduce the negative influence of anthropogenic effects on the environment.
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- F. Baquero
- Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Network Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Network Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Central Bioinformatics Unit, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Network Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Network Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Network Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Network Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Labitt RN, Ren J, Marquis H. Emergence of phenotypic and genotypic resistance in the intestinal microbiota of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed long-term to sub-inhibitory concentrations of sulfamethoxazole. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 30:2043-2054. [PMID: 34545508 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02480-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Natural waters are contaminated globally with pharmaceuticals including many antibiotics. In this study, we assessed the acquisition of antimicrobial resistance in the culturable intestinal microbiota of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed for 6 months to sub-inhibitory concentrations of sulfamethoxazole (SMX), one of the most prevalent antibiotics in natural waters. SMX was tested at three concentrations: 3000 µg/L, a concentration that had no observed effect (NOEC) on the in vitro growth of fish intestinal microbiota; 3 µg/L, a theoretical predicted no effect concentration (PNEC) for long-term studies in natural environments; and 0.3 µg/L, a concentration detected in many surveys of surface waters from various countries including the USA. In two independent experiments, the emergence of phenotypic resistance and an increased prevalence of bacteria carrying a sulfonamide-resistance gene (sul1) were observed in SMX-exposed fish. The emergence of phenotypic resistance to1000 mg/L SMX was significant in fish exposed to 3 µg/L SMX and was in large part independent of sul resistance genes. The prevalence of bacteria carrying the sul1 resistance gene increased significantly in the culturable intestinal microbiota of SMX-exposed fish, but the sul1-positive population was in large part susceptible to 1000 mg/L SMX, suggesting that the gene confers a lower resistance level or a growth advantage. The increased prevalence of sul1 bacteria was observed in all groups of SMX-exposed fish. Overall, this study suggests that fish exposed long-term to waters contaminated with low levels of antibiotics serve as reservoir of antimicrobial resistant genes and of resistant bacteria, a potential threat to public health.
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- Rachael N Labitt
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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Zhang L, Zhang C, Lian K, Liu C. Effects of chronic exposure of antibiotics on microbial community structure and functions in hyporheic zone sediments. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 416:126141. [PMID: 34492930 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microbial communities in hyporheic zones (HZ) provide vital biogeochemical functions such as contaminant degradation for river ecosystems. Antibiotics are contaminants that have been increasingly detected in HZ sediments. In this study, sediments from different HZ locations in a contaminated river, Maozhou river, China were sampled and analyzed using qPCR and high-throughput sequencing to investigate the effect of antibiotic contamination on microbial community structures and functions in HZ sediments. Results indicated that types and concentrations of antibiotics in HZ sediments were heterogeneously distributed that were largely consistent with the distribution of antibiotic sources. Sediments near animal farm and hospital contained higher antibiotic concentrations compared with those from mainstream. The distribution of ARGs was well correlated with antibiotics. Bacterial indicator genera indicating differences between mainstream area and other sampling areas were positively correlated with antibiotics, suggesting the influences of antibiotics on reshaping microbial community structures. PICRUSt revealed positive relationships between antibiotics and predicted functional genes involved in defense, signal transduction, and recombination and repair. This imply the defensive response of microbial communities on antibiotic attack. These results indicated that antibiotic contamination in the watershed posed a potential risk on HZ microbial community structures and functions, which may further threaten river ecosystem functions.
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- Lili Zhang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Jain MC, Nadaraja AV, Narang R, Zarifi MH. Rapid and real-time monitoring of bacterial growth against antibiotics in solid growth medium using a contactless planar microwave resonator sensor. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14775. [PMID: 34285253 PMCID: PMC8292355 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94139-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Infection diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) are pertinent clinical microbiology practices that are in dire need of improvement, due to the inadequacy of current standards in early detection of bacterial response to antibiotics and affordability of contemporarily used methods. This paper presents a novel way to conduct AST which hybridizes disk diffusion AST with microwave resonators for rapid, contactless, and non-invasive sensing and monitoring. In this research, the effect of antibiotic (erythromycin) concentrations on test bacterium, Escherichia coli (E. coli) cultured on solid agar medium (MH agar) are monitored through employing a microwave split-ring resonator. A one-port microwave resonator operating at a 1.76 GHz resonant frequency, featuring a 5 mm2 sensitive sensing region, was designed and optimized to perform this. Upon introducing uninhibited growth of the bacteria, the sensor measured 0.005 dB/hr, with a maximum change of 0.07 dB over the course of 15 hours. The amplitude change decreased to negligible values to signify inhibited growth of the bacteria at higher concentrations of antibiotics, such as a change of 0.005 dB in resonant amplitude variation while using 45 µg of antibiotic. Moreover, this sensor demonstrated decisive results of antibiotic susceptibility in under 6 hours and shows great promise to expand automation to the intricate AST workflow in clinical settings, while providing rapid, sensitive, and non-invasive detection capabilities.
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- Mandeep Chhajer Jain
- Okanagan Microelectronics and Gigahertz Applications Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Okanagan Microelectronics and Gigahertz Applications Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Okanagan Microelectronics and Gigahertz Applications Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Okanagan Microelectronics and Gigahertz Applications Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.
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Mehrtens A, Licha T, Burke V. Occurrence, effects and behaviour of the antibiotic lincomycin in the agricultural and aquatic environment - A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 778:146306. [PMID: 33725600 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lincomycin, an antibiotic commonly used in veterinary medicine, is frequently detected within the agricultural environment. The active compound enters the aquatic environment after manure application via infiltration or surface run-off, where it may negatively affect non-target organisms and contribute to the development and spread of resistant genes. However, a review on the fate of lincomycin within the agricultural and aquatic environment is lacking. Hence, to provide an overview, the main part of this paper summarizes the current literature on the occurrence, effects and behaviour of lincomycin in all relevant environmental compartments, including manure, soil, surface water and groundwater. Lincomycin was regularly detected in all environmental compartments and even in the food chain, appeared to sorb temporarily and mainly in its cationic microspecies, and dissipated after time periods that could cover days, months, or years, depending on the compartment and conditions. As noticed during the literature research conducted, information on the attenuation of lincomycin in terms of biological degradation in the aquatic environment is widely lacking, although it seems that biodegradation is the major removal mechanism. Therefore, a laboratory study, implemented by means of batch experiments, was carried out in order to evaluate the biological degradation of lincomycin in the aquatic environment. First order degradation started after a start-up phase of 10-14 days with a degradation rate constant of 0.55 d-1 and a half-life time of 30 h. Further, the degradation rate constant was found to be independent of initial concentrations as long as concentrations did not exceed a concentration level at which the bacteria were inhibited, as it was the case in this study at a concentration of 10 mg L-1. Biodegradation was confirmed as an important degradation pathway for LIN in the aquatic environment.
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- Anne Mehrtens
- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department Applied Geology, Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Insights into rumen microbial biosynthetic gene cluster diversity through genome-resolved metagenomics. Commun Biol 2021; 4:818. [PMID: 34188189 PMCID: PMC8241843 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02331-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ruminants are critical to global food security as they transform lignocellulosic biomass into high-quality protein products. The rumen microbes ferment feed to provide necessary energy and nutrients for the ruminant host. However, we still lack insight into the metabolic processes encoded by most rumen microbial populations. In this study, we implemented metagenomic binning approaches to recover 2,809 microbial genomes from cattle, sheep, moose, deer, and bison. By clustering genomes based on average nucleotide identity, we demonstrate approximately one-third of the metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) to represent species not present in current reference databases and rumen microbial genome collections. Combining these MAGs with other rumen genomic datasets permitted a phylogenomic characterization of the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) from 8,160 rumen microbial genomes, including the identification of 195 lanthipeptides and 5,346 diverse gene clusters for nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis. A subset of Prevotella and Selenomonas BGCs had higher expression in steers with lower feed efficiency. Moreover, the microdiversity of BGCs was fairly constant across types of BGCs and cattle breeds. The reconstructed genomes expand the genomic representation of rumen microbial lineages, improve the annotation of multi-omics data, and link microbial populations to the production of secondary metabolites that may constitute a source of natural products for manipulating rumen fermentation. Anderson and Fernando use metagenomic binning approaches to reconstruct 2,809 microbial metagenome-assembled genomes from ruminants, and perform phylogenomic analyses on the biosynthetic gene clusters from over 8,000 total rumen microbial genomes. These genomes provide insight into the relationship between microbial populations and the production of secondary metabolites that may be important for manipulating rumen fermentation.
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van den Honert MS, Gouws PA, Hoffman LC. Escherichia coli Antibiotic Resistance Patterns from Co-Grazing and Non-Co-Grazing Livestock and Wildlife Species from Two Farms in the Western Cape, South Africa. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10060618. [PMID: 34067232 PMCID: PMC8224584 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10060618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Although limited, studies have found conflicting results on whether co-grazing results in significant antibiotic resistance transfer between species. This type of farming system can act as a vector in the geographical spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment. The aim of this study was to determine the antibiotic-resistant patterns between co-grazing and non-co-grazing livestock and wildlife species in South Africa. Escherichia coli was isolated from the faeces of various wildlife and livestock species from two farms in South Africa and was tested for antibiotic resistance using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method against chloramphenicol, nalidixic acid, ampicillin, streptomycin, sulphafurazole, and tetracycline. A selection of some common antibiotic-resistant genes (blaCMY, aadA1, sul1, sul2, tetA, and tetB) were detected using PCR. The E. coli isolates from wildlife and livestock that co-grazed showed no significant differences in antibiotic resistance patterns. However, this was not the case for tetracycline resistance as the livestock isolates were significantly more resistant than the co-grazing wildlife isolates. The E. coli isolates from the non-co-grazing livestock and wildlife had significant differences in their antibiotic susceptibility patterns; the wildlife E. coli isolates were significantly more resistant to sulphafurazole and streptomycin than the livestock isolates, whilst those isolated from the cattle were significantly more resistant to ampicillin than the wildlife and sheep isolates. The results of this study suggest that there could be an exchange of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes between livestock and wildlife that co-graze.
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- Michaela Sannettha van den Honert
- Centre for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
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- Centre for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
- Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Digital Agricultural Building, 8115, Office 110, Gatton 4343, Australia
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Scorpion Venom Antimicrobial Peptides Induce Siderophore Biosynthesis and Oxidative Stress Responses in Escherichia coli. mSphere 2021; 6:6/3/e00267-21. [PMID: 33980680 PMCID: PMC8125054 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00267-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The development of life-threatening resistance of pathogenic bacteria to the antibiotics typically in use in hospitals and the community today has led to an urgent need to discover novel antimicrobial agents with different mechanisms of action. As an ancient host defense mechanism of the innate immune system, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are attractive candidates to fill that role. The increasing development of microbial resistance to classical antimicrobial agents has led to the search for novel antimicrobials. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from scorpion and snake venoms offer an attractive source for the development of novel therapeutics. Smp24 (24 amino acids [aa]) and Smp43 (43 aa) are broad-spectrum AMPs that have been identified from the venom gland of the Egyptian scorpion Scorpio mauruspalmatus and subsequently characterized. Using a DNA microarray approach, we examined the transcriptomic responses of Escherichia coli to subinhibitory concentrations of Smp24 and Smp43 peptides following 5 h of incubation. Seventy-two genes were downregulated by Smp24, and 79 genes were downregulated by Smp43. Of these genes, 14 genes were downregulated in common and were associated with bacterial respiration. Fifty-two genes were specifically upregulated by Smp24. These genes were predominantly related to cation transport, particularly iron transport. Three diverse genes were independently upregulated by Smp43. Strains with knockouts of differentially regulated genes were screened to assess the effect on susceptibility to Smp peptides. Ten mutants in the knockout library had increased levels of resistance to Smp24. These genes were predominantly associated with cation transport and binding. Two mutants increased resistance to Smp43. There was no cross-resistance in mutants resistant to Smp24 or Smp43. Five mutants showed increased susceptibility to Smp24, and seven mutants showed increased susceptibility to Smp43. Of these mutants, formate dehydrogenase knockout (fdnG) resulted in increased susceptibility to both peptides. While the electrostatic association between pore-forming AMPs and bacterial membranes followed by integration of the peptide into the membrane is the initial starting point, it is clear that there are numerous subsequent additional intracellular mechanisms that contribute to their overall antimicrobial effect. IMPORTANCE The development of life-threatening resistance of pathogenic bacteria to the antibiotics typically in use in hospitals and the community today has led to an urgent need to discover novel antimicrobial agents with different mechanisms of action. As an ancient host defense mechanism of the innate immune system, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are attractive candidates to fill that role. Scorpion venoms have proven to be a rich source of AMPs. Smp24 and Smp43 are new AMPs that have been identified from the venom gland of the Egyptian scorpion Scorpio maurus palmatus, and these peptides can kill a wide range of bacterial pathogens. By better understanding how these AMPs affect bacterial cells, we can modify their structure to make better drugs in the future.
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Khan F, Park SK, Bamunuarachchi NI, Oh D, Kim YM. Caffeine-loaded gold nanoparticles: antibiofilm and anti-persister activities against pathogenic bacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:3717-3731. [PMID: 33900427 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11300-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The formation of biofilms by bacterial pathogens and the presence of persister cells in biofilms have become major concerns in the health sector, owing to their antibiotic resistance and tolerance. The transformation of bacterial pathogens into persister cells, either stochastically or due to stressful environmental factors, results in recalcitrant and recurring infections. Here, we sought to prepare gold nanoparticles from naturally occurring caffeine and explore their inhibitory action against biofilm formation and persister cells. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, field emission transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction, and dynamic light scattering were used to characterize the gold nanoparticles obtained from caffeine (Caff-AuNPs). The Caff-AuNPs were found to exhibit a number of properties, including the ability to prevent biofilm formation, disperse mature biofilms, and kill different types of persister of gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes) and gram-negative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli) pathogenic bacteria. Microscopic analysis of the aforementioned bacterial cells, treated with Caff-AuNPs, revealed the bactericidal effect of Caff-AuNPs, although the underlying mechanism remains unknown. Collectively, the Caff-AuNPs synthesized in this study may be used as potential drugs to combat chronic infections caused by biofilm-forming pathogenic bacteria. KEY POINTS: • Biofilm and persister cells are clinically relevant, as they either prolong or completely resist antibiotic treatments. • Caffeine is used in the green synthesis of Caff-AuNPs, which have antibacterial and antibiofilm properties. • Caff-AuNPs are effective against various pathogenic bacterial persister cells.
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- Fazlurrahman Khan
- Research Center for Marine Integrated Bionics Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea
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- Institute of Food Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea
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- Research Center for Marine Integrated Bionics Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea. .,Institute of Food Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea. .,Department of Food Science and Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea.
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Response to Pine Honey via RNA Sequencing Indicates Multiple Mechanisms of Antibacterial Activity. Foods 2021; 10:foods10050936. [PMID: 33923242 PMCID: PMC8145095 DOI: 10.3390/foods10050936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pine honey is a unique type of honeydew honey produced exclusively in Eastern Mediterranean countries like Greece and Turkey. Although the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of pine honey are well documented, few studies have investigated so far its antibacterial activity. This study investigates the antibacterial effects of pine honey against P. aeruginosa PA14 at the molecular level using a global transcriptome approach via RNA-sequencing. Pine honey treatment was applied at sub-inhibitory concentration and short exposure time (0.5× of minimum inhibitory concentration –MIC- for 45 min). Pine honey induced the differential expression (>two-fold change and p ≤ 0.05) of 463 genes, with 274 of them being down-regulated and 189 being up-regulated. Gene ontology (GO) analysis revealed that pine honey affected a wide range of biological processes (BP). The most affected down-regulated BP GO terms were oxidation-reduction process, transmembrane transport, proteolysis, signal transduction, biosynthetic process, phenazine biosynthetic process, bacterial chemotaxis, and antibiotic biosynthetic process. The up-regulated BP terms, affected by pine honey treatment, were those related to the regulation of DNA-templated transcription, siderophore transport, and phosphorylation. Pathway analysis revealed that pine honey treatment significantly affected two-component regulatory systems, ABC transporter systems, quorum sensing, bacterial chemotaxis, biofilm formation and SOS response. These data collectively indicate that multiple mechanisms of action are implicated in antibacterial activity exerted by pine honey against P. aeruginosa.
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Mai B, Gao Y, Li M, Jia M, Liu S, Wang X, Zhang K, Liu Q, Wang P. Tailoring the cationic lipid composition of lipo-DVDMS augments the phototherapy efficiency of burn infection. Biomater Sci 2021; 9:2053-2066. [PMID: 33470996 DOI: 10.1039/d0bm01895c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Increase in infections with Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a serious global challenge in healthcare. Sinoporphyrin sodium (DVDMS) combined with photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) can effectively eradicate Gram-positive organisms. However, the poor penetration of DVDMS into the Gram-negative bacterial cell membrane and bacterial biofilm greatly limits the photo-inspired antimicrobial activity. This study optimized the cationic lipid-mediated nano-DVDMS delivery to improve the cellular uptake, and evaluated the antimicrobial efficacy of cationic DVDMS-liposome (CDL)-provoked PACT in both P. aeruginosa and its multidrug resistant strain. The results showed that the positively charged liposome modification promoted the enrichment of DVDMS in Gram-negative bacteria. CDL-PACT-produced ROS and caused bacterial death, accompanied by the decreased expression levels of virulence factor-related genes. The P. aeruginosa-infected burn model indicated satisfactory bacterial eradication and accelerated wound healing after CDL-PACT, in addition to gradually increasing bFGF, VEGF, TGF-β1 and Hyp levels and reducing TNF-α and IL-6, with no detectable side-effects. Overall, these findings provide fundamental knowledge that enables the design of feasible and efficient PACT treatments, including biophysical membrane permeabilization and photodynamic eradication, which are promising to overcome the infection and resistance of highly opportunistic Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Bingjie Mai
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Developing of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest of China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, Shaanxi, China.
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Gutiérrez-Chávez C, Benaud N, Ferrari BC. The ecological roles of microbial lipopeptides: Where are we going? Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:1400-1413. [PMID: 33777336 PMCID: PMC7960500 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Lipopeptides (LPs) are secondary metabolites produced by a diversity of bacteria and fungi. Their unique chemical structure comprises both a peptide and a lipid moiety. LPs are of major biotechnological interest owing to their emulsification, antitumor, immunomodulatory, and antimicrobial activities. To date, these versatile compounds have been applied across multiple industries, from pharmaceuticals through to food processing, cosmetics, agriculture, heavy metal, and hydrocarbon bioremediation. The variety of LP structures and the diversity of the environments from which LP-producing microorganisms have been isolated suggest important functions in their natural environment. However, our understanding of the ecological role of LPs is limited. In this review, the mode of action and the role of LPs in motility, antimicrobial activity, heavy metals removal and biofilm formation are addressed. We include discussion on the need to characterise LPs from a diversity of microorganisms, with a focus on taxa inhabiting 'extreme' environments. We introduce the use of computational target fishing and molecular dynamics simulations as powerful tools to investigate the process of interaction between LPs and cell membranes. Together, these advances will provide new understanding of the mechanism of action of novel LPs, providing greater insights into the roles of LPs in the natural environment.
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney 2052, Australia
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Sanchez-Cid C, Guironnet A, Wiest L, Vulliet E, Vogel TM. Gentamicin Adsorption onto Soil Particles Prevents Overall Short-Term Effects on the Soil Microbiome and Resistome. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:191. [PMID: 33672037 PMCID: PMC7919497 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10020191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Antibiotics used in agriculture may reach the environment and stimulate the development and dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the soil microbiome. However, the scope of this phenomenon and the link to soil properties needs to be elucidated. This study compared the short-term effects of a range of gentamicin concentrations on the microbiome and resistome of bacterial enrichments and microcosms of an agricultural soil using a metagenomic approach. Gentamicin impact on bacterial biomass was roughly estimated by the number of 16SrRNA gene copies. In addition, the soil microbiome and resistome response to gentamicin pollution was evaluated by 16SrRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing, respectively. Finally, gentamicin bioavailability in soil was determined. While gentamicin pollution at the scale of µg/g strongly influenced the bacterial communities in soil enrichments, concentrations up to 1 mg/g were strongly adsorbed onto soil particles and did not cause significant changes in the microbiome and resistome of soil microcosms. This study demonstrates the differences between the response of bacterial communities to antibiotic pollution in enriched media and in their environmental matrix, and exposes the limitations of culture-based studies in antibiotic-resistance surveillance. Furthermore, establishing links between the effects of antibiotic pollution and soil properties is needed.
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- Concepcion Sanchez-Cid
- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR 5005, CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 69134 Ecully, France;
- Promega France, 69100 Charbonnières-les-Bains, France
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; (A.G.); (L.W.); (E.V.)
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; (A.G.); (L.W.); (E.V.)
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; (A.G.); (L.W.); (E.V.)
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR 5005, CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 69134 Ecully, France;
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Lopes SP, Jorge P, Sousa AM, Pereira MO. Discerning the role of polymicrobial biofilms in the ascent, prevalence, and extent of heteroresistance in clinical practice. Crit Rev Microbiol 2021; 47:162-191. [PMID: 33527850 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2020.1863329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Antimicrobial therapy is facing a worrisome and underappreciated challenge, the phenomenon of heteroresistance (HR). HR has been gradually documented in clinically relevant pathogens (e.g. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Burkholderia spp., Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Candida spp.) towards several drugs and is believed to complicate the clinical picture of chronic infections. This type of infections are typically mediated by polymicrobial biofilms, wherein microorganisms inherently display a wide range of physiological states, distinct metabolic pathways, diverging refractory levels of stress responses, and a complex network of chemical signals exchange. This review aims to provide an overview on the relevance, prevalence, and implications of HR in clinical settings. Firstly, related terminologies (e.g. resistance, tolerance, persistence), sometimes misunderstood and overlapped, were clarified. Factors generating misleading HR definitions were also uncovered. Secondly, the recent HR incidences reported in clinically relevant pathogens towards different antimicrobials were annotated. The potential mechanisms underlying such occurrences were further elucidated. Finally, the link between HR and biofilms was discussed. The focus was to recognize the presence of heterogeneous levels of resistance within most biofilms, as well as the relevance of polymicrobial biofilms in chronic infectious diseases and their role in resistance spreading. These topics were subject of a critical appraisal, gaining insights into the ascending clinical implications of HR in antimicrobial resistance spreading, which could ultimately help designing effective therapeutic options.
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- Susana Patrícia Lopes
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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