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ArticleScientific reports2017

Raman-Deuterium Isotope Probing for in-situ identification of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in Thames River.

Yizhi Song, Li Cui, José Ángel Siles López, Jiabao Xu, Yong-Guan Zhu, Ian P Thompson, Wei E Huang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Yizhi SongDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Li CuiDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ, Oxford, United Kingdom.
José Ángel Siles LópezChemical Engineering Department, University of Córdoba, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Ctra. N-IV, km 396, building Marie Curie (C-3), CP/14071, Córdoba, Spain.
Jiabao XuDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1285-9408
Yong-Guan ZhuKey Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China.
Ian P ThompsonDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Wei E HuangDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ, Oxford, United Kingdom. wei.huang@eng.ox.ac.uk.
University of Oxford · GBChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Córdoba · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence and widespread distribution of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria has led to an increasing concern with respect to potential environmental and public health risks. Culture-independent and rapid identification of AMR bacteria in-situ in complex environments is important in understanding the role of viable but non-culturable and antibiotic persistent bacteria and in revealing potential pathogens without waiting for colony formation. In this study, a culture-independent and non-destructive phenotyping approach, so called Raman Deuterium Stable Isotope Probing (Raman-DIP), was developed to identify AMR bacteria in the River Thames. It is demonstrated that Raman-DIP was able to accurately identify resistant and susceptible bacteria within 24 hours. The work shows that, in the River Thames, the majority of the bacteria (76 ± 2%) were metabolically active, whilst AMR bacteria to carbenicillin, kanamycin and both two antibiotics were 35 ± 5%, 28 ± 3%, 25 ± 1% of the total bacterial population respectively. Raman activated cell ejection (RACE) was applied to isolate single AMR bacteria for the first time, linking AMR phenotype (reistance to antibiotics) and genotype (DNA sequence). The sequences of the RACE sorted cells indicate that they were potential human pathogens Aeromonas sp., Stenotrophomonas sp. and an unculturable bacterium. This work demonstrates Raman-DIP and RACE are effective culture-independent approach for rapid identification of AMR bacteria at the single cell level in their natural conditions.

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DeuteriumDrug Resistance, BacterialRadioactive TracersSpectrum Analysis, RamanWater MicrobiologyAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRiversAnti-Bacterial AgentsDeuteriumRadioactive Tracers

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