RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Detection of novel antimicrobial resistance genes in oil contaminated soils by metagenomic functional analysis
A1 Flores, Amando
K1 Microorganismos - Resistencia a los medicamentos
K1 Infecciones - Tratamiento
K1 Antibióticos
K1 Genes
AB BackgroundOur ability to cure infections that were once considered benign or of low risk is at stake due to the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms (AMR). One of the measures proposed to fight this problem is the research aimed at detection and molecular characterisation of the AMR to design strategies to combat them. In this regard, metagenomic functional analyses are powerful tools to detect new AMR genes in different environments.ObjectivesIn this work, we have searched for genes that confer resistance to different antibiotics used in hospitals by following a metagenomics approach.MethodsWe have screened two metagenomic libraries, previously constructed in our laboratory, from two different locations. In order to overcome the inherent limitation of expressing heterologous genes from long DNA fragments in E. coli, we have used a fosmid vector that allows processive transcription of long stretches of environmental DNA by using two viral transcriptional machineries. One is based on the phage T7 RNA-polymerase, which are insensitive to many of the bacterial transcription terminators. The second system involves the use of the lambda N-anti-termination protein coupled to a salicylate inducible promoter. We have searched for fosmids from both libraries that are resistant to different groups of antibiotics used in hospitals.ResultsAlthough we could not find any fosmid conferring resistance to polimixins or fluoroquinolons, we have detected clones resistant to cephalosporins (ceftriaxone and cefixime) and carbapenems (meropenem and imipenem) bearing fosmids that code for extended spectrum b-lactamases, metallo-b-lactamases and/or efflux pumps.
YR 2019
FD 2019-10-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18507
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18507
LA spa
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026