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| Dato | Valore |
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| Title | Daphnia as a refuge for an antibiotic resistance gene in an experimental freshwater community |
| Abstract | Mechanisms that enable the maintenance of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment are still greatly unknown. Here we show that the tetracycline resistance gene tet(A) is largely removed from the pelagic aquatic bacterial community through filter feeding by Daphnia obtusa while it becomes detectable within the microbiome of the daphniids themselves, where it was not present prior to the experiment. We moreover show that a multitude of Daphnia-associated bacterial taxa are potential carriers of tet(A) and postulated that the biofilm-like structures, where bacteria grow in, may enable horizontal transfer of such genes. This experiment highlights the need to take ecological interactions and a broad range of niches into consideration when studying and discussing the fate of antibiotic resistance genes in nature. |
| Source | Science of the total environment 571, pp. 77–81 |
| Keywords | Antibiotic resistance |
| Journal | Science of the total environment |
| Editor | Elsevier, Lausanne ;, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.141 |
| Authors | Eckert, Ester M.; Di Cesare, Andrea; Stenzel, Birgit; Stenzel, Birgit; Fontaneto, Diego; Corno, Gianluca |
| Text | 357688 2016 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.141 Scopus 2 s2.0 84979088509 ISI Web of Science WOS WOS 000383930400010 Antibiotic resistance Daphnia as a refuge for an antibiotic resistance gene in an experimental freshwater community Eckert, Ester M.; Di Cesare, Andrea; Stenzel, Birgit; Stenzel, Birgit; Fontaneto, Diego; Corno, Gianluca National Research Council Institute of Ecosystem Study CNR ISE ; University of Innsbruck Mechanisms that enable the maintenance of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment are still greatly unknown. Here we show that the tetracycline resistance gene tet A is largely removed from the pelagic aquatic bacterial community through filter feeding by Daphnia obtusa while it becomes detectable within the microbiome of the daphniids themselves, where it was not present prior to the experiment. We moreover show that a multitude of Daphnia associated bacterial taxa are potential carriers of tet A and postulated that the biofilm like structures, where bacteria grow in, may enable horizontal transfer of such genes. This experiment highlights the need to take ecological interactions and a broad range of niches into consideration when studying and discussing the fate of antibiotic resistance genes in nature. 571 Published version http //www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716315868 STOTEN 2016_SToTen_Eckert_et_al.pdf Articolo in rivista Elsevier 0048 9697 Science of the total environment Science of the total environment Sci. total environ. estermaria.eckert ECKERT ESTER MARIA gianluca.corno CORNO GIANLUCA diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO andrea.dicesare DI CESARE ANDREA |