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Article Dans Une Revue Frontiers in Microbiology Année : 2021

Antibiotrophy: Key Function for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Colonize Soils—Case of Sulfamethazine-Degrading Microbacterium sp. C448

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Chronic and repeated exposure of environmental bacterial communities to anthropogenic antibiotics have recently driven some antibiotic-resistant bacteria to acquire catabolic functions, enabling them to use antibiotics as nutritive sources (antibiotrophy). Antibiotrophy might confer a selective advantage facilitating the implantation and dispersion of antibiotrophs in contaminated environments. A microcosm experiment was conducted to test this hypothesis in an agroecosystem context. The sulfonamide-degrading and resistant bacterium Microbacterium sp. C448 was inoculated in four different soil types with and without added sulfamethazine and/or swine manure. After 1 month of incubation, Microbacterium sp. (and its antibiotrophic gene sadA ) was detected only in the sulfamethazine-treated soils, suggesting a low competitiveness of the strain without antibiotic selection pressure. In the absence of manure and despite the presence of Microbacterium sp. C448, only one of the four sulfamethazine-treated soils exhibited mineralization capacities, which were low (inferior to 5.5 ± 0.3%). By contrast, manure addition significantly enhanced sulfamethazine mineralization in all the soil types (at least double, comprised between 5.6 ± 0.7% and 19.5 ± 1.2%). These results, which confirm that the presence of functional genes does not necessarily ensure functionality, suggest that sulfamethazine does not necessarily confer a selective advantage on the degrading strain as a nutritional source. 16S rDNA sequencing analyses strongly suggest that sulfamethazine released trophic niches by biocidal action. Accordingly, manure-originating bacteria and/or Microbacterium sp. C448 could gain access to low-competition or competition-free ecological niches. However, simultaneous inputs of manure and of the strain could induce competition detrimental for Microbacterium sp. C448, forcing it to use sulfamethazine as a nutritional source. Altogether, these results suggest that the antibiotrophic strain studied can modulate its sulfamethazine-degrading function depending on microbial competition and resource accessibility, to become established in an agricultural soil. Most importantly, this work highlights an increased dispersal potential of antibiotrophs in antibiotic-polluted environments, as antibiotics can not only release existing trophic niches but also form new ones.
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hal-03313600 , version 1 (08-11-2021)

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Loren Billet, Stéphane Pesce, Nadine Rouard, Aymé Spor, Laurianne Paris, et al.. Antibiotrophy: Key Function for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Colonize Soils—Case of Sulfamethazine-Degrading Microbacterium sp. C448. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 12, ⟨10.3389/fmicb.2021.643087⟩. ⟨hal-03313600⟩
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