{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["79(7)"],"submitter":["Schmid PJ"],"funding":["Medical University of Graz"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The glycopeptide vancomycin is the antimicrobial agent-of-choice for the treatment of severe non-gastrointestinal infections with members of Bacillus cereus sensu lato (s.l.). Recently, sporadic detection of vancomycin-resistant phenotypes emerged, mostly for agar diffusion testing such as the disc diffusion method or gradient test (e.g. Etest®) method.<h4>Results</h4>In this work, we were able to disprove a preliminarily assumed high resistance to vancomycin in an isolate of B. cereus s.l. using broth microdilution and agar dilution. Microscopic imaging during vancomycin susceptibility testing showed spreading towards the inhibition zone, which strongly suggested sliding motility. Furthermore, transcriptomic analysis using RNA-Seq on the nanopore platform revealed sever"],"journal":["The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy"],"pagination":["1628-1636"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11215547"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Sliding motility of Bacillus cereus mediates vancomycin pseudo-resistance during antimicrobial susceptibility testing."],"pmcid":["PMC11215547"],"pubmed_authors":["Forstner P","Schmid PJ","Kittinger C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Sliding motility of Bacillus cereus mediates vancomycin pseudo-resistance during antimicrobial susceptibility testing.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The glycopeptide vancomycin is the antimicrobial agent-of-choice for the treatment of severe non-gastrointestinal infections with members of Bacillus cereus sensu lato (s.l.). Recently, sporadic detection of vancomycin-resistant phenotypes emerged, mostly for agar diffusion testing such as the disc diffusion method or gradient test (e.g. Etest®) method.<h4>Results</h4>In this work, we were able to disprove a preliminarily assumed high resistance to vancomycin in an isolate of B. cereus s.l. using broth microdilution and agar dilution. Microscopic imaging during vancomycin susceptibility testing showed spreading towards the inhibition zone, which strongly suggested sliding motility. Furthermore, transcriptomic analysis using RNA-Seq on the nanopore platform revealed sever","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-05-19T03:17:05.726Z","creation":"2025-04-07T02:13:07.133Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11215547","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38785365"],"doi":["10.1093/jac/dkae156"]}}