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MICROORGANISMS
卷 8, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8091293
关键词
bacteriophages; shellfish; fish; transduction; ARG; horizontal gene transfer
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资金
- Spanish Ministerio de Innovacion y Ciencia [AGL2016-75536-P]
- Bluebio project [CTM2016-78901/ANT]
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI)
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2017SGR170]
- Centre de Referencia en Biotecnologia (XeRBa)
- Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness [BES-2017-081296]
- European regional fund (ERF)
Anthropogenic activities are a key factor in the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, a growing problem worldwide. Nevertheless, antibiotics and resistances were being generated by bacterial communities long before their discovery by humankind, and might occur in areas without human influence. Bacteriophages are known to play a relevant role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic environments. In this study, five ARGs (bla(TEM),bla(CTX-M-1),bla(CTX-M-9),sul1andtetW) were monitored in phage particles isolated from seawater of two different locations: (i) the Mediterranean coast, subjected to high anthropogenic pressure, and (ii) the Antarctic coast, where the anthropogenic impact is low. Although found in lower quantities, ARG-containing phage particles were more prevalent among the Antarctic than the Mediterranean seawater samples and Antarctic bacterial communities were confirmed as their source. In the Mediterranean area, ARG-containing phages from anthropogenic fecal pollution might allow ARG transmission through the food chain. ARGs were detected in phage particles isolated from fish (Mediterranean, Atlantic, farmed, and frozen), the most abundant being beta-lactamases. Some of these particles were infectious in cultures of the fecal bacteriaEscherichia coli. By serving as ARG reservoirs in marine environments, including those with low human activity, such as the Antarctic, phages could contribute to ARG transmission between bacterial communities.
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