Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to human health since infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are life-threatening conditions with minimal treatment options. Bacteria become resistant when they develop the ability to overcome the compounds that are meant to kill them, i.e., antibiotics. The increasing number of resistant pathogens worldwide is contrasted by the slow progress in the discovery and production of new antibiotics. About 700,000 global deaths per year are estimated as a result of drug-resistant infections, which could escalate to nearly 10 million by 2050 if we fail to address the AMR challenge. In this study, we collected and isolated bacteria from the environment to screen for antibiotic resistance. We identified several bacteria that showed resistance to multiple clinically relevant antibiotics when tested in antibiotic susceptibility disk assays. We also found that two strains, identified as Pantoea rodasii RIT 836 and Pseudomonas endophytica RIT 838 via whole genome sequencing and annotation, produce bactericidal compounds against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in disc-diffusion inhibitory assays. We mined the two strains’ whole-genome sequences to gain more information and insights into the antibiotic resistance and production by these bacteria. Subsequently, we aim to isolate, identify, and further characterize the novel antibiotic compounds detected in our assays and bioinformatics analysis.
Funder
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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