期刊
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
卷 22, 期 -, 页码 113-116出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.01.015
关键词
Recombinant; GMO; GMM; Antibiotic resistance; Multiple cloning sites; beta-galactosida
资金
- [PICT-2017-0674]
Objectives: Unlike higher organisms such as domestic animals and cultivated plants, which display a robust reproductive isolation and limited dispersal ability, microbes exhibit an extremely promiscuous gene flow and can rapidly disperse across the planet by multiple ways. Thus, microbial plasmids, including synthetic replicons, containing antibiotic resistance genes are a serious risk to public health. In this short communication, we explored the presence of synthetic elements in alfalfa symbionts (Ensifer meliloti strains) from agricultural soils. Methods: A total of 148 E. meliloti isolates from alfalfa plants growing under field conditions were collected from January 2015 to June 2019. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed under laboratory conditions. We identified five kanamycin-resistant E. meliloti strains (named K1 -K5). Whole genome sequencing analysis and conjugations were used to identify and study the plasmids of K strains. Results: We found that the genomes of K strains contain ampicillin, kanamycin and tetracycline resistance genes, the reporter gene lacZ from Escherichia coli and multiple cloning sites. These sequences were found within <58-kb plasmids related to the self-transmissible lncP plasmid RP4 from human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Conjugation experiments confirmed the ability of K strains to transfer antibiotic resistance via conjugation to the Pseudomonas background. Conclusion: In addition to the traditional analysis of plant growth-promoting factors, the commercial deregulation of putative natural inoculants should also include genomic studies to ensure a reasonable balance between innovation and caution. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
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