Dynamics of Thioalkalivibrio species in a co-culture under selective pressure of ampicillin.

ABSTRACT: Haloalkaliphilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria belonging to the genus Thioalkalivibrio are highly abundant in microbial communities found in soda lakes and dominant in full-scale bioreactors removing sulfide from industrial waste gases. Despite certain soda lakes being remote and unaffected by anthropogenic activities, haloalkaliphilic microorganisms, including Thioalkalivibrio strains, possess various antibiotic resistance genes. In this study, we investigated the impact of the antibiotic ampicillin on a co-culture of two Thioalkalivibrio species, Tv. thiocyanoxidans ARh2^T and Tv. versutus AL2^T, both experimentally and through in silico analysis of antibiotic resistance. Cell growth dynamics were monitored o

SUBMITTER: Ahn AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10699867 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature