{"id":28501,"date":"2020-10-19T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2020\/10\/19\/microplastic-pollution-increases-gene-exchange-in-aquatic-ecosystems\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T07:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T05:58:58","slug":"microplastic-pollution-increases-gene-exchange-in-aquatic-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/international-marine-litter-database-en-2\/2020\/microplastic-pollution-increases-gene-exchange-in-aquatic-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maria Arias-Andres, Uli Kl\u00fcmper, Keilor Rojas-Jimenez, Hans-Peter Grossart,<\/p>\n

Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems,
\nEnvironmental Pollution, Volume 237, 2018, Pages 253-261, ISSN 0269-7491,<\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/p>\n

Pollution by microplastics in aquatic ecosystems is accumulating at an unprecedented scale, emerging as a new surface for biofilm formation and gene exchange. In this study, we determined the permissiveness of aquatic bacteria towards a model antibiotic resistance plasmid, comparing communities that form biofilms on microplastics vs.
\nthose that are free-living. We used an exogenous and red-fluorescent E.\u00a0coli donor strain to introduce the green-fluorescent broad-host-range plasmid pKJK5 which encodes for trimethoprim resistance.
\nWe demonstrate an increased frequency of plasmid transfer in bacteria associated with
\nmicroplastics compared to bacteria that are free-living or in natural aggregates. Moreover, comparison of communities grown on polycarbonate filters showed that increased gene exchange occurs in a broad range of phylogenetically-diverse bacteria. Our results indicate horizontal gene transfer in this habitat could distinctly affect the ecology of aquatic microbial communities on a global scale. The spread of antibiotic
\nresistance through microplastics could also have profound consequences for the evolution of aquatic bacteria and poses a neglected hazard for human health.<\/p>\n

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Maria Arias-Andres, Uli Kl\u00fcmper, Keilor Rojas-Jimenez, Hans-Peter Grossart, Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems, Environmental Pollution, Volume 237, 2018, Pages 253-261, ISSN 0269-7491, Abstract: Pollution by microplastics in aquatic ecosystems is accumulating at an unprecedented scale, emerging as a new surface for biofilm formation and gene exchange. In this study, we determined the permissiveness of aquatic bacteria towards a model antibiotic resistance plasmid, comparing communities that form biofilms on microplastics vs. those that are free-living. We used an exogenous and red-fluorescent E.\u00a0coli donor strain to introduce the green-fluorescent broad-host-range plasmid pKJK5 which encodes for trimethoprim resistance. We demonstrate an increased frequency of plasmid transfer in bacteria associated with microplastics compared to bacteria that are free-living or in natural aggregates. Moreover, comparison of communities grown on polycarbonate filters showed that increased gene exchange occurs in a broad range of phylogenetically-diverse bacteria. Our results indicate horizontal gene transfer in this habitat could distinctly affect the ecology of aquatic microbial communities on a global scale. The spread of antibiotic resistance through microplastics could also have profound consequences for the evolution of aquatic bacteria and poses a neglected hazard for human health. https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1HbX9nqqON579PbGKYNYoE3MFciJLtVix https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envpol.2018.02.058.(http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0269749117349990)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2221],"tags":[2888,2889,2284,2890,1331],"yoast_head":"\nMicroplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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