MCR-1 Confers Cross-Resistance to Bacitracin, a Widely Used In-Feed Antibiotic.

ABSTRACT: Extensive use of colistin in food animals is deemed a major driving force for the emergence and transmission of mcr-1 However, a non-colistin usage factor(s) contributing to mobile colistin resistance may also exist in animal production systems. Given that polymyxin, a bacterium-derived peptide antibiotic, has been successfully used as a surrogate to study bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), acquisition of MCR-1 may confer cross-resistance to the unrelated AMPs implicated in practical applications. To test this, we first constructed Escherichia coli recombinant strains differing only in the presence or absence of functional MCR-1. Among diverse tested AMPs, MCR-1 was observed to confer cross-resistance to bacitracin, an in-feed antibiotic widely used in animal industry.

SUBMITTER: Xu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126145 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature