期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
卷 367, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109590
关键词
Bacteriophage; Transduction; ARG; Horchata
资金
- Spanish Ministerio de Innovacion y Ciencia [AGL2016-75536-P, PID2020-113355GB-I00]
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI)
- European Regional Fund (ERF)
- Union Iberoamericana de Universidades (UIU-OHOW)
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2017SGR170]
- Spanish Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad [BES-2017-081296]
This study analyzed phages and phage particles containing antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in five dairy products purchased from local retailers in Barcelona. The experiment identified phages that can infect Escherichia coli and revealed the morphologies of the phage particles. The results indicate that dairy products may serve as a potential source of antibiotic resistance genes that can be transmitted to susceptible hosts.
Phages, the most abundant biological entities in the biosphere, can carry different bacterial genes, including those conferring antibiotic resistance. In this study, dairy products were analyzed by qPCR for the presence of phages and phage particles containing antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Eleven ARGs were identified in 50 samples of kefir, yogurt, milk, fresh cheese and nut-based milk (horchata), purchased from local retailers in Barcelona. Propagation experiments showed that at least some of the phages isolated from these samples infected Escherichia coli WG5, which was selected as the host strain because it does not contain prophages or ARGs in its genome. Electron microscopy revealed that the phage particles showed morphologies compatible with the Myoviridae and Siphoviridae families. Our results show that dairy products contain ARGs within infectious phage particles and may therefore serve as a reservoir of ARGs that can be mobilized to susceptible hosts, both in the food matrix and in the intestinal tract after ingestion.
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