Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential

Abstract Even though the use of antibiotics for food-producing animals may contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics are still used as growth promoters. Due to consumer and regulatory pressures, the use of alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters is increasing, thus...

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Autores principales: Johanna Muurinen, Jacob Richert, Carmen L. Wickware, Brian Richert, Timothy A. Johnson
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:13c9a48334fa48568e015b98b71679582021-12-02T11:35:52ZSwine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential10.1038/s41598-021-84759-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/13c9a48334fa48568e015b98b71679582021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84759-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Even though the use of antibiotics for food-producing animals may contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics are still used as growth promoters. Due to consumer and regulatory pressures, the use of alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters is increasing, thus more information is needed on their capability to disseminate antimicrobial resistance compared to antibiotics. We investigated the impacts of carbadox (antibiotic), copper sulfate and zinc oxide (metals) and mushroom powder (natural product) on the pig fecal resistome and microbiome. Antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) and mobile genetic element (MGE) abundances were measured using a high-throughput qPCR array with 382 primer pairs. Bacterial community composition was determined by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. More ARGs co-occurred with MGEs in the growth promoter group samples than in the control group samples. Community composition could not be linked to resistome in the growth promoter group samples, indicating a potential decoupling of ARGs and phylogeny. Additionally, machine-learning methods aided in defining the community and resistome differences in response to treatments. Since increased ARG mobility potential was the primary response to the dietary additives used in this study, we suggest that ARG mobility should be considered when designing antimicrobial use policies and antimicrobial resistance surveillances.Johanna MuurinenJacob RichertCarmen L. WickwareBrian RichertTimothy A. JohnsonNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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Johanna Muurinen
Jacob Richert
Carmen L. Wickware
Brian Richert
Timothy A. Johnson
Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential
description Abstract Even though the use of antibiotics for food-producing animals may contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics are still used as growth promoters. Due to consumer and regulatory pressures, the use of alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters is increasing, thus more information is needed on their capability to disseminate antimicrobial resistance compared to antibiotics. We investigated the impacts of carbadox (antibiotic), copper sulfate and zinc oxide (metals) and mushroom powder (natural product) on the pig fecal resistome and microbiome. Antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) and mobile genetic element (MGE) abundances were measured using a high-throughput qPCR array with 382 primer pairs. Bacterial community composition was determined by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. More ARGs co-occurred with MGEs in the growth promoter group samples than in the control group samples. Community composition could not be linked to resistome in the growth promoter group samples, indicating a potential decoupling of ARGs and phylogeny. Additionally, machine-learning methods aided in defining the community and resistome differences in response to treatments. Since increased ARG mobility potential was the primary response to the dietary additives used in this study, we suggest that ARG mobility should be considered when designing antimicrobial use policies and antimicrobial resistance surveillances.
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author Johanna Muurinen
Jacob Richert
Carmen L. Wickware
Brian Richert
Timothy A. Johnson
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Jacob Richert
Carmen L. Wickware
Brian Richert
Timothy A. Johnson
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title Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential
title_short Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential
title_full Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential
title_fullStr Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential
title_full_unstemmed Swine growth promotion with antibiotics or alternatives can increase antibiotic resistance gene mobility potential
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