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Microplastics accumulation in mangroves increasing the resistance of its colonization Vibrio and Shewanella
Chemosphere2022
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Huifeng Xie,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Baoyi Tan,
Huifeng Xie,
Huifeng Xie,
Baoyi Tan,
Huifeng Xie,
Huifeng Xie,
Yibin Li,
Huifeng Xie,
Huifeng Xie,
Zhenqing Dai,
Huifeng Xie,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Chengyong Li
Huifeng Xie,
Lei Ren,
Baoyi Tan,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Baoyi Tan,
Huifeng Xie,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Chunxia Zhou,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Pengzhi Hong,
Chunxia Zhou,
Chunxia Zhou,
Chunxia Zhou,
Chunxia Zhou,
Chunxia Zhou,
Chunxia Zhou,
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Pengzhi Hong,
Pengzhi Hong,
Zhenqing Dai,
Pengzhi Hong,
Lei Ren,
Pengzhi Hong,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Chunxia Zhou,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Chengyong Li
Huifeng Xie,
Zhenqing Dai,
Huifeng Xie,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Pengzhi Hong,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Chengyong Li
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Lei Ren,
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Chunxia Zhou,
Pengzhi Hong,
Pengzhi Hong,
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Pengzhi Hong,
Pengzhi Hong,
Chengyong Li
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Shengli Sun,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Shengli Sun,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Shengli Sun,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Zhenqing Dai,
Shengli Sun,
Zhenqing Dai,
Shengli Sun,
Pengzhi Hong,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Pengzhi Hong,
Zhenqing Dai,
Lei Ren,
Chunxia Zhou,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Baoyi Tan,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Chunxia Zhou,
Baoyi Tan,
Chengyong Li
Chunxia Zhou,
Chengyong Li
Shengli Sun,
Chengyong Li
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Chengyong Li
Lei Ren,
Shengli Sun,
Chunxia Zhou,
Pengzhi Hong,
Pengzhi Hong,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Pengzhi Hong,
Zhenqing Dai,
Chengyong Li
Zhenqing Dai,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Lei Ren,
Lei Ren,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chunxia Zhou,
Lei Ren,
Shengli Sun,
Shengli Sun,
Lei Ren,
Pengzhi Hong,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Shengli Sun,
Pengzhi Hong,
Zhong‐Ji Qian,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Shengli Sun,
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Chengyong Li
Lei Ren,
Yan‐Qiu Liang,
Chengyong Li
Summary
Researchers found that microplastics accumulating in mangrove sediments harbored antibiotic-resistant bacteria, predominantly Vibrio parahemolyticus, Vibrio alginolyticus, and Shewanella, with 100% of mangrove isolates showing elevated resistance. The study highlights microplastics as ecological colonization sites that may amplify antibiotic resistance risks in coastal ecosystems.
The enrichment of various pollutants in mangrove has attracted widespread attention. Especially, microplastics accumulation in mangrove may provide a more challenging ecological colonization site by enriching pollutants, thus affecting the change of microplastics antibiotic resistance and increasing the risk of antibiotic failure. Herein, the antibiotic-resistant of microplastics and sediment from mangrove were investigated. The results show that isolates are mainly colonized by Vibrio parahemolyticus (V. parahemolyticus), Vibrio alginolyticus (V. alginolyticus), and Shewanella. 100% mangrove microplastics isolates are resistant to chloramphenicol, cefazolin, and tetracycline, especially amoxicillin clavulanate and ampicillin. Meanwhile, the multiple antibiotics resistance (MAR) indexes of V. parahaemolyticus, Shewanella, and V. alginolyticus in mangrove microplastics are 0.72, 0.77, and 0.77, respectively, which are far higher than the MAR index standard (0.2) and that of mangrove sediment isolates. Furthermore, compared with V. parahaemolyticus isolated from the same mangrove microplastics, Shewanella and V. alginolyticus show stronger drug resistance. It should be noted that there is a closely related relationship between the type of microplastics and the antibiotics resistance of isolated bacteria. For the antibiotics sensitivity test of norfloxacin, streptomycin, amoxicillin, and chloramphenicol, V. parahaemolyticus have the lower antibiotics resistance than that of V. alginolyticus isolated from the same mangrove microplastics. However, Vibrio isolated from PE has stronger antibiotics resistance. Results reveal that mangrove may be one of the potential risks for emergence and spread of bacterial antibiotics-resistant and multidrug-resistant, and microplastic biofilms may act as promoters of bacterial antibiotic resistance.