Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"

The presence of metal resistance determinants in bacteria usually is attributed to geological or anthropogenic metal contamination in different environments or associated with the use of antimicrobial metals in human healthcare or in agriculture. While this is certainly true, we hypothesize that pro...

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Main Authors: Hao, Xiuli, Luthje, Freja L., Qin, Yanan, McDevitt, Sylvia Franke, Lutay, Nataliya, Hobman, John L., Asiani, Karishma, Soncini, Fernando C., German, Nadezhda, Zhang, Siyu, Zhu, Yong-Guan, Rensing, Christopher
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author Hao, Xiuli
Luthje, Freja L.
Qin, Yanan
McDevitt, Sylvia Franke
Lutay, Nataliya
Hobman, John L.
Asiani, Karishma
Soncini, Fernando C.
German, Nadezhda
Zhang, Siyu
Zhu, Yong-Guan
Rensing, Christopher
author_facet Hao, Xiuli
Luthje, Freja L.
Qin, Yanan
McDevitt, Sylvia Franke
Lutay, Nataliya
Hobman, John L.
Asiani, Karishma
Soncini, Fernando C.
German, Nadezhda
Zhang, Siyu
Zhu, Yong-Guan
Rensing, Christopher
author_sort Hao, Xiuli
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description The presence of metal resistance determinants in bacteria usually is attributed to geological or anthropogenic metal contamination in different environments or associated with the use of antimicrobial metals in human healthcare or in agriculture. While this is certainly true, we hypothesize that protozoan predation and macrophage killing are also responsible for selection of copper/zinc resistance genes in bacteria. In this review, we outline evidence supporting this hypothesis, as well as highlight the correlation between metal resistance and pathogenicity in bacteria. In addition, we introduce and characterize the "copper pathogenicity island" identified in Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains isolated from copper- and zinc-fed Danish pigs.
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spelling nottingham-316182020-05-04T20:08:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31618/ Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island" Hao, Xiuli Luthje, Freja L. Qin, Yanan McDevitt, Sylvia Franke Lutay, Nataliya Hobman, John L. Asiani, Karishma Soncini, Fernando C. German, Nadezhda Zhang, Siyu Zhu, Yong-Guan Rensing, Christopher The presence of metal resistance determinants in bacteria usually is attributed to geological or anthropogenic metal contamination in different environments or associated with the use of antimicrobial metals in human healthcare or in agriculture. While this is certainly true, we hypothesize that protozoan predation and macrophage killing are also responsible for selection of copper/zinc resistance genes in bacteria. In this review, we outline evidence supporting this hypothesis, as well as highlight the correlation between metal resistance and pathogenicity in bacteria. In addition, we introduce and characterize the "copper pathogenicity island" identified in Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains isolated from copper- and zinc-fed Danish pigs. Springer 2015-07 Article PeerReviewed Hao, Xiuli, Luthje, Freja L., Qin, Yanan, McDevitt, Sylvia Franke, Lutay, Nataliya, Hobman, John L., Asiani, Karishma, Soncini, Fernando C., German, Nadezhda, Zhang, Siyu, Zhu, Yong-Guan and Rensing, Christopher (2015) Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99 (14). pp. 5817-5824. ISSN 1432-0614 Copper Pathogenicity Amoeba Grazing resistance http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-015-6749-0 doi:10.1007/s00253-015-6749-0 doi:10.1007/s00253-015-6749-0
spellingShingle Copper
Pathogenicity
Amoeba
Grazing resistance
Hao, Xiuli
Luthje, Freja L.
Qin, Yanan
McDevitt, Sylvia Franke
Lutay, Nataliya
Hobman, John L.
Asiani, Karishma
Soncini, Fernando C.
German, Nadezhda
Zhang, Siyu
Zhu, Yong-Guan
Rensing, Christopher
Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
title Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
title_full Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
title_fullStr Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
title_full_unstemmed Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
title_short Survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
title_sort survival in amoeba: a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants?: identification of a "copper pathogenicity island"
topic Copper
Pathogenicity
Amoeba
Grazing resistance
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31618/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31618/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31618/