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Article: Novel Insights into Selection for Antibiotic Resistance in Complex Microbial Communities
Title | Novel Insights into Selection for Antibiotic Resistance in Complex Microbial Communities |
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Authors | |
Keywords | antibiotic resistance evolution metagenomics microbial ecology |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | American Society for Microbiology: Open Access Journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://mbio.asm.org |
Citation | mBio, 2018, v. 9 n. 4, p. article no. e00969-18 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Recent research has demonstrated that selection for antibiotic resistance occurs at very low antibiotic concentrations in single-species experiments, but the relevance of these findings when species are embedded in complex microbial communities is unclear. We show that the strength of selection for naturally occurring resistance alleles in a complex community remains constant from low subinhibitory to above clinically relevant concentrations. Selection increases with antibiotic concentration before reaching a plateau where selection remains constant over a 2-order-magnitude concentration range. This is likely to be due to cross protection of the susceptible bacteria in the community following rapid extracellular antibiotic degradation by the resistant population, shown experimentally through a combination of chemical quantification and bacterial growth experiments. Metagenome and 16S rRNA analyses of sewage-derived bacterial communities evolved under cefotaxime exposure show preferential enrichment for blaCTX-M genes over all other beta-lactamase genes, as well as positive selection and co-selection for antibiotic resistant, opportunistic pathogens. These findings have far-reaching implications for our understanding of the evolution of antibiotic resistance, by challenging the long-standing assumption that selection occurs in a dose-dependent manner.IMPORTANCE Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest global issues facing society. Still, comparatively little is known about selection for resistance at very low antibiotic concentrations. We show that the strength of selection for clinically important resistance genes within a complex bacterial community can remain constant across a large antibiotic concentration range (wide selective space). Therefore, largely understudied ecological compartments could be just as important as clinical environments for selection of antibiotic resistance. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293745 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 5.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.028 |
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dc.contributor.author | Murray, AK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yin, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, T | - |
dc.contributor.author | Buckling, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Snape, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gaze, WH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T08:21:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T08:21:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | mBio, 2018, v. 9 n. 4, p. article no. e00969-18 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2150-7511 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293745 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Recent research has demonstrated that selection for antibiotic resistance occurs at very low antibiotic concentrations in single-species experiments, but the relevance of these findings when species are embedded in complex microbial communities is unclear. We show that the strength of selection for naturally occurring resistance alleles in a complex community remains constant from low subinhibitory to above clinically relevant concentrations. Selection increases with antibiotic concentration before reaching a plateau where selection remains constant over a 2-order-magnitude concentration range. This is likely to be due to cross protection of the susceptible bacteria in the community following rapid extracellular antibiotic degradation by the resistant population, shown experimentally through a combination of chemical quantification and bacterial growth experiments. Metagenome and 16S rRNA analyses of sewage-derived bacterial communities evolved under cefotaxime exposure show preferential enrichment for blaCTX-M genes over all other beta-lactamase genes, as well as positive selection and co-selection for antibiotic resistant, opportunistic pathogens. These findings have far-reaching implications for our understanding of the evolution of antibiotic resistance, by challenging the long-standing assumption that selection occurs in a dose-dependent manner.IMPORTANCE Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest global issues facing society. Still, comparatively little is known about selection for resistance at very low antibiotic concentrations. We show that the strength of selection for clinically important resistance genes within a complex bacterial community can remain constant across a large antibiotic concentration range (wide selective space). Therefore, largely understudied ecological compartments could be just as important as clinical environments for selection of antibiotic resistance. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Society for Microbiology: Open Access Journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://mbio.asm.org | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | mBio | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | antibiotic resistance | - |
dc.subject | evolution | - |
dc.subject | metagenomics | - |
dc.subject | microbial ecology | - |
dc.title | Novel Insights into Selection for Antibiotic Resistance in Complex Microbial Communities | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Zhang, T: zhangt@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Zhang, T=rp00211 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1128/mBio.00969-18 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 30042197 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC6058293 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85054570722 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 319332 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. e00969 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000443884300022 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2150-7511 | - |