scholarly journals Social Behavior of Antibiotic Resistant Mutants Within Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estrella Rojo-Molinero ◽  
María D. Macià ◽  
Antonio Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Resistant Mutants ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant Mutants

scholarly journals Rapid and robust evolution of collateral sensitivity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic-resistant mutants

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (32) ◽  
pp. eaba5493
Author(s):  
Sara Hernando-Amado ◽  
Fernando Sanz-García ◽  
José Luis Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Collateral Sensitivity ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Resistant Mutants ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant Mutants

The analysis of trade-offs, as collateral sensitivity, associated with the acquisition of antibiotic resistance, is mainly based on the use of model strains. However, the possibility of exploiting these trade-offs for fighting already resistant isolates has not been addressed in depth, despite the fact that bacterial pathogens are frequently antibiotic-resistant, forming either homogeneous or heterogeneous populations. Using a set of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-resistant mutants, we found that ceftazidime selects pyomelanogenic tobramycin-hypersusceptible mutants presenting chromosomal deletions in the analyzed genetic backgrounds. Since pyomelanogenic resistant mutants frequently coexist with other morphotypes in patients with cystic fibrosis, we analyzed the exploitation of this trade-off to drive extinction of heterogeneous resistant populations by using tobramycin/ceftazidime alternation. Our work shows that this approach is feasible because phenotypic trade-offs associated with the use of ceftazidime are robust. The identification of conserved collateral sensitivity networks may guide the rational design of evolution-based antibiotic therapies in P. aeruginosa infections.

Using spontaneous antibiotic-resistant mutants to assess competitiveness of bradyrhizobial inoculants for nodulation of soybean

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 753-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha E Ramirez ◽  
Daniel W Israel ◽  
Arthur G Wollum II
Keyword(s):  
Parental Strain ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Rooting Zone ◽  
Soil Systems ◽  
Yeast Extract Mannitol ◽  
Soil Media ◽  
Resistant Mutants ◽  
Cape Fear ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant Mutants

Spontaneous mutants (3/parental strain) of soybean bradyrhizobia resistant to streptomycin and erythromycin were selected from strains isolated from bradyrhizobial populations indigenous to Cape Fear and Dothan soils. These were used to evaluate (i) the validity of using antibiotic-resistant mutants to make inferences about the competitiveness of parental strains in soil environments and (ii) the recovery of strains in nodules after inoculation of soybeans grown in soils with indigenous bradyrhizobial populations. Streptomycin and erythromycin resistances of all mutants were stable after approximately 27 generations of growth in yeast extract - mannitol medium, but 33% of the mutants lost resistance to erythromycin upon passage through nodules. Only 17% of the mutants were as competitive as their parental strain when inoculated in a ratio near 1:1 in vermiculite. Four of 10 mutants, which differed in competitiveness from their parental strain in vermiculite, had competitiveness against the soil populations equal to that of their parental strain. Therefore, assessment of competitiveness of mutants and parental strains in non-soil media may not accurately reflect their competitiveness in soil systems. For both the Cape Fear and Dothan soils, recovery of a given mutant from nodules of field-grown plants was always lower than from nodules of plants grown in the greenhouse. Inoculation of the entire rooting zone in the greenhouse experiment and of only a portion of the rooting zone in the field experiments may account for this difference in recovery. Techniques that increase the volume of soil inoculated may enhance nodulation by inoculant strains.Key words: Bradyrizobium, antibiotic resistance, competition.

scholarly journals Slow growth determines nonheritable antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (592) ◽  
pp. eaax3938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio H. Pontes ◽  
Eduardo A. Groisman
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Population ◽  
Slow Growth ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Signaling Molecules ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Phenotypic Changes ◽  
Resistant Mutants ◽  
Persistent Bacteria ◽  
Small Subpopulation ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant Mutants

Bacteria can withstand killing by bactericidal antibiotics through phenotypic changes mediated by their preexisting genetic repertoire. These changes can be exhibited transiently by a large fraction of the bacterial population, giving rise to tolerance, or displayed by a small subpopulation, giving rise to persistence. Apart from undermining the use of antibiotics, tolerant and persistent bacteria foster the emergence of antibiotic-resistant mutants. Persister formation has been attributed to alterations in the abundance of particular proteins, metabolites, and signaling molecules, including toxin-antitoxin modules, adenosine triphosphate, and guanosine (penta) tetraphosphate, respectively. Here, we report that persistent bacteria form as a result of slow growth alone, despite opposite changes in the abundance of such proteins, metabolites, and signaling molecules. Our findings argue that transitory disturbances to core activities, which are often linked to cell growth, promote a persister state regardless of the underlying physiological process responsible for the change in growth.

Competition for nodulation of field-grown soybeans by strains of Rhizobium fredii

1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. McLoughlin ◽  
Scott G. Alt ◽  
P. Ann Owens ◽  
Corrine Fetherston
Keyword(s):  
Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
First Year ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Rhizobium Fredii ◽  
Glycine Max L ◽  
Resistant Mutants ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant Mutants

Nodulation of Glycine max (L) Merr. by six Rhizobium fredii strains was measured in two Midwestern fields containing high indigenous populations of Bradyrhizobium japonicum (3 × 105/gm soil). The soils were inoculated with antibiotic-resistant mutants using liquid inoculum at two levels on soybean cv. Peking and cv. Jacques 130. Strain establishment was measured 40 days after planting. In the first year, USDA206, USDA217, and USDA257 were the most competitive strains, occupying greater than 50% of the nodules on cv. Peking in both soils. None of the strains were competitive on Jacques 130. In the second growing season, all nodules were formed by the indigenous population on both cultivars, suggesting that these fast-growing strains do not persist in Midwestern soils.

Studies on associative nitrogen fixation by antibiotic-resistant mutants ofAzospirillum brasilensewith genotypes of lentil (Lens culinaris)Rhizobiumstrains in calcareous soil

1985 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Azospirillum Brasilense ◽  
Calcareous Soil ◽  
Lens Culinaris ◽  
Nitrogenase Activity ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Uninoculated Control ◽  
Resistant Mutants ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant Mutants

SummaryNitrosoguanidine-induced mutation frequencies for resistance to streptomycin, spectinomycin, erythromycin and novomycin were studied inAzospirillum brasilense.Lentil inoculated withA. brasilenseand its mutants andRhizobiumstrains produced increased nodule dry weight, nitrogenase activity of nodules and roots and grain yield compared with an uninoculated control.

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