dc.creatorMadueño, Laura
dc.creatorPaul, Christophe
dc.creatorJunier, Thomas
dc.creatorBayrychenko, Zhanna
dc.creatorFilippidou, Sevasti
dc.creatorBeck, Karin
dc.creatorGreub, Gilbert
dc.creatorBürgmann, Helmut
dc.creatorJunier, Pilar
dc.date2018-01
dc.date2020-09-15T12:55:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T21:59:08Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T21:59:08Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104623
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/93894
dc.identifierissn:2167-8359
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7445162
dc.descriptionThe introduction of antibiotics for both medical and non-medical purposes has had a positive effect on human welfare and agricultural output in the past century. However, there is also an important ecological legacy regarding the use of antibiotics and the consequences of increased levels of these compounds in the environment as a consequence of their use and disposal. This legacy was investigated by quantifying two antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) conferring resistance to tetracycline (<i>tet</i>(W)) and sulfonamide (<i>sul</i>1) in bacterial seed bank DNA in sediments. The industrial introduction of antibiotics caused an abrupt increase in the total abundance of <i>tet</i>(W) and a steady increase in sul1. The abrupt change in <i>tet</i>(W) corresponded to an increase in relative abundance from ca. 1960 that peaked around 1976. This pattern of accumulation was highly correlated with the abundance of specific members of the seed bank community belonging to the phylum <i>Firmicutes</i>. In contrast, the relative abundance of <i>sul</i>1 increased after 1976. This correlated with a taxonomically broad spectrum of bacteria, reflecting <i>sul</i>1 dissemination through horizontal gene transfer. The accumulation patterns of both ARGs correspond broadly to the temporal scale of medical antibiotic use. Our results show that the bacterial seed bank can be used to look back at the historical usage of antibiotics and resistance prevalence.
dc.descriptionDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format2-19
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.subjectCiencias Médicas
dc.subjectCiencias Exactas
dc.subjectAntibiotic resistance
dc.subjectClostridia
dc.subjectEndospores
dc.subjectSediments
dc.subjectSeed bank
dc.subjectSulfonamide
dc.subjectTetracycline
dc.titleA historical legacy of antibiotic utilization on bacterial seed banks in sediments
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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