Evolutionary pathways and trajectories in antibiotic resistance

F Baquero, JL Martinez, V F. Lanza… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Evolution is the hallmark of life. Descriptions of the evolution of microorganisms have
provided a wealth of information, but knowledge regarding “what happened” has precluded …

Regulatory mechanisms of the LuxS/AI-2 system and bacterial resistance

Y Wang, B Liu, D Grenier, L Yi - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The quorum-sensing (QS) system is an intercellular cell-cell communication mechanism that
controls the expression of genes involved in a variety of cellular processes and that plays …

Cooperative antibiotic resistance facilitates horizontal gene transfer

Q Wang, S Wei, AF Silva, JS Madsen - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The rise of β-lactam resistance among pathogenic bacteria, due to the horizontal transfer of
plasmid-encoded β-lactamases, is a current global health crisis. Importantly, β-lactam …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between plasmids and other mobile genetic elements affect their transmission and persistence

F Dionisio, R Zilhão, JA Gama - Plasmid, 2019 - Elsevier
Plasmids are genetic elements that play a role in bacterial evolution by providing new genes
that promote adaptation to diverse conditions. Plasmids are also known to reduce bacterial …

Metagenomic investigation of antibiotic resistance genes and resistant bacteria contamination in pharmaceutical plant sites in China

RD Zhang, FZ Gao, YJ Shi, JL Zhao, YS Liu, LY He… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical plant sites play a significant role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) into the environment. It is imperative to comprehensively monitor of ARGs …

A mathematician's guide to plasmids: an introduction to plasmid biology for modellers

I Dewan, H Uecker - Microbiology, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Plasmids, extrachromosomal DNA molecules commonly found in bacterial and archaeal
cells, play an important role in bacterial genetics and evolution. Our understanding of …

Towards a better understanding of antimicrobial resistance dissemination: what can be learnt from studying model conjugative plasmids?

Z Shen, CM Tang, GY Liu - Military Medical Research, 2022 - Springer
Bacteria can evolve rapidly by acquiring new traits such as virulence, metabolic properties,
and most importantly, antimicrobial resistance, through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) …

Fitness cost of a mcr-1-carrying IncHI2 plasmid

K Ma, Y Feng, Z Zong - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
IncHI2 is a common type of large mcr-1-carrying plasmids that have been found worldwide.
Large plasmids could impose metabolic burden for host bacterial strains, we therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple driving factors contribute to the variations of typical antibiotic resistance genes in different parts of soil-lettuce system

X Wen, J Xu, G **ang, Z Cao, Q Yan, J Mi, B Ma… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of manure compost may cause the transmission of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) in agroecological environment, which poses a global threat to public health …

Genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics reveal that minimal modifications in the host are crucial for the compensatory evolution of ColE1-like plasmids

M Ares-Arroyo, M Fernández-García, E Wedel… - Msphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance is one of the major threats to public health
worldwide. The mechanisms involved in the plasmid/host coadaptation are still poorly …