| Title | Molecular Characterization of TEM-type [beta]-Lactamases Identified in Cold-Seep Sediments of Edison Seamount (South of Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea) |
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| Author | Jae Seok Song1, Jeong Ho Jeon2, Jung Hun Lee1,2, Seok Hoon Jeong3, Byeong Chul Jeong1, Sang-Jin Kim2, Jung-Hyun Lee2,*, and Sang Hee Lee1,* |
| Address | 1Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, San 38-2 Namdong, Yongin, Kyunggido, 449-728, Republic of Korea, 2Marine Biotechnology Center, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan P.O. Box 29, Seoul 425-600, Republic of Korea, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 43(2),172-178, 2005, |
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| Key Words | [beta]-lactamases, TEM-1, TEM-116, metagenomic library |
| Abstract | To determine the prevalence and genotypes of [beta]-lactamases among clones of a metagenomic library from the cold-seep sediments of Edison seamount (10,000 years old), we performed pulse-field gel electrophoresis, antibiotic susceptibility testing, pI determination, and DNA sequencing analysis. Among the 8,823 clones of the library, thirty clones produced [beta]-lactamases and had high levels of genetic diversity. Consistent with minimum inhibitory concentration patterns, we found that five (16.7%) of thirty clones produced an extended-spectrum [beta]-lactamase. 837- and 259-bp fragments specific to bla_TEM genes were amplified, as determined by banding patterns of PCR amplification with designed primers. TEM-1 was the most prevalent [beta]-lactamase and conferred resistance to ampicillin, piperacillin, and cephalothin. TEM-116 had a spectrum that was extended to ceftazidime, cefotaxime, and aztreonam. The resistance levels conferred by the pre-antibiotic era alleles of TEM-type [beta]-lactamases were essentially the same as the resistance levels conferred by the TEM-type alleles which had been isolated from clinically resistant strains of bacteria of the antibiotic era. Our first report on TEM-type [beta]-lactamases of the pre-antibiotic era indicates that TEM-type [beta]-lactamases paint a picture in which most of the diversity of the enzymes may not be the result of recent evolution, but that of ancient evolution. |
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