Ahmed Azrin, Mahmud Shahin, Tania Khatun Mst, Firoz Ali Md, Rony Akter Mst, Mohiuddin A K M
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.
J Genet Eng Biotechnol. 2025 Sep;23(3):100532. doi: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2025.100532. Epub 2025 Jul 15.
Soil bacteria exhibit varying degrees of tolerance to different concentrations of pesticides and plastics, and some possess the ability to degrade them, which is crucial for bioremediation. However, the multidrug-resistant properties of these bacteria pose challenges for their potential applications. Hence, this study aims to separate and characterize plastics and pesticide-degrading bacteria fromnon-contaminated and contaminated sites in Bangladesh and evaluate their antibiotic-resistant patterns to identify safety issues and discover promising therapeutic targets for combating multidrug-resistant infections. In the current study, a total of 90 soil samples were collected from different agricultural and dumped sites of Bangladesh, and bacterial isolates were screened for pesticides and plastics-degrading capabilities. Antibiotic sensitivity patterns of the potential isolates were evaluated using 16 different antibiotics. Biochemical, molecular, and genomic analyses were conducted to characterize the bacteria and identify antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes. Our study screened out 122 plastic and 60 pesticide-tolerant bacterial isolates. Among them, 3 pesticide and 3 plastic-degrading isolates were found to be more promising and identified as Acinetobacter baumannii with pesticide-degrading capabilities from non-contaminated sites, and Klebsiella pneumoniae with plastic-degrading capabilities from contaminated sites. Antibiotic sensitivity test exhibited that most of the isolates were resistance to commonly used antimicrobials. The genomics and proteomics analysis uncovered the efflux pump-related genes responsible for the resistant mechanism and highlighted the involvement of genes that respond to antibiotics and transmembrane transport activities. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the conservation of 2 common resistance genes adeF and gyrA, across diverse multidrug-resistant pathogens. Therefore, targeting conserved genes adeF and gyrA, to disrupt resistance mechanisms and combat persistent and clinically significant multidrug-resistant pathogens could be a promising strategy for developing combination therapies in medical science.
土壤细菌对不同浓度的农药和塑料表现出不同程度的耐受性,一些细菌具有降解它们的能力,这对生物修复至关重要。然而,这些细菌的多重耐药特性给它们的潜在应用带来了挑战。因此,本研究旨在从孟加拉国未受污染和受污染的地点分离和鉴定降解塑料和农药的细菌,并评估它们的抗生素耐药模式,以识别安全问题,并发现对抗多重耐药感染有前景的治疗靶点。在本研究中,从孟加拉国不同的农业和垃圾倾倒场收集了总共90份土壤样本,并筛选细菌分离株的农药和塑料降解能力。使用16种不同的抗生素评估潜在分离株的抗生素敏感性模式。进行了生化、分子和基因组分析,以表征细菌并鉴定抗菌耐药(AMR)基因。我们的研究筛选出了122株耐塑料和60株耐农药的细菌分离株。其中,发现3株降解农药和3株降解塑料的分离株更有前景,分别鉴定为来自未受污染地点的具有农药降解能力的鲍曼不动杆菌,以及来自受污染地点的具有塑料降解能力的肺炎克雷伯菌。抗生素敏感性测试表明,大多数分离株对常用抗菌药物耐药。基因组学和蛋白质组学分析揭示了负责耐药机制的外排泵相关基因,并强调了对抗生素和跨膜转运活动有反应的基因的参与。系统发育分析证实了2个常见耐药基因adeF和gyrA在多种多重耐药病原体中的保守性。因此,针对保守基因adeF和gyrA来破坏耐药机制并对抗持续存在且具有临床意义的多重耐药病原体,可能是医学上开发联合疗法的一种有前景的策略。
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