Colonization of gut microbiota by plasmid-carrying bacteria is facilitated by evolutionary adaptation to antibiotic treatment
14 December 2021
Multidrug-resistant plasmid-carrying bacteria are of particular clinical concern as they could transfer antibiotic resistance genes to other bacterial species. However, little is known whether evolutionary adaptation of plasmid-carrying bacteria after long-term antibiotic exposure could affect their subsequent colonization of the human gut. Herein, we combined a long-term evolutionary model based on Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 and the multidrug-resistant plasmid RP4 with in vivo colonization experiments in mice.
Further reading: ISME Journal
Author(s): Peng Zhang, Daqing Mao, Huihui Gao, Liyang Zheng, Zeyou Chen, Yuting Gao, Yitao Duan, Jianhua Guo, Yi Luo & Hongqiang Ren
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