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ArticlePloS one2019

Erythromycin-resistant lactic acid bacteria in the healthy gut of vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and omnivores.

Vesna Milanović, Andrea Osimani, Federica Cardinali, Alice Litta-Mulondo, Carla Vignaroli, Barbara Citterio, Gianmarco Mangiaterra, Lucia Aquilanti, Cristiana Garofalo, Francesca Biavasco and 7 more

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Vesna MilanovićDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Andrea OsimaniDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Federica CardinaliDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Alice Litta-MulondoDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Carla VignaroliDipartimento Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Barbara CitterioDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Biotechnology Section, University of Urbino 'Carlo Bo', Urbino, Italy.
Gianmarco MangiaterraDipartimento Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Lucia AquilantiDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8898-2886
Cristiana GarofaloDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Francesca BiavascoDipartimento Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Luca CocolinDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science (DISAFA), University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy.
Ilario FerrocinoDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science (DISAFA), University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy.
Raffaella Di CagnoFaculty of Science and Technology, Libera Università di Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
Silvia TurroniDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Camilla LazziDepartment of Food Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Nicoletta PellegriniDepartment of Food Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Francesca ClementiDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Marche Polytechnic University · ITUniversity of Parma · ITUniversity of Turin · ITFree University of Bozen-Bolzano · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Urbino · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diet can affect the diversity and composition of gut microbiota. Usage of antibiotics in food production and in human or veterinary medicine has resulted in the emergence of commensal antibiotic resistant bacteria in the human gut. The incidence of erythromycin-resistant lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the feces of healthy vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and omnivores was analyzed. Overall, 155 LAB were isolated and characterized for their phenotypic and genotypic resistance to erythromycin. The isolates belonged to 11 different species within the Enterococcus and Streptococcus genera. Enterococcus faecium was the dominant species in isolates from all the dietary categories. Only 97 out of 155 isolates were resistant to erythromycin after Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) determination; among them, 19 isolates (7 from vegans, 4 from ovo-lacto vegetarians and 8 from omnivores) carried the erm(B) gene. The copresence of erm(B) and erm(A) genes was only observed in Enterococcus avium from omnivores. Moreover, the transferability of erythromycin resistance genes using multidrug-resistant (MDR) cultures selected from the three groups was assessed, and four out of six isolates were able to transfer the erm(B) gene. Overall, isolates obtained from the omnivore samples showed resistance to a greater number of antibiotics and carried more tested antibiotic resistance genes compared to the isolates from ovo-lacto vegetarians and vegans. In conclusion, our results show that diet does not significantly affect the occurrence of erythromycin-resistant bacteria and that commensal strains may act as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance (AR) genes and as a source of antibiotic resistance spreading.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, MicrobialGastrointestinal MicrobiomeVegansVegetariansDiet, VeganDiet, VegetarianErythromycinHumansLactobacillalesErythromycin

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PMID31374082
PMCPMC6677300
OpenAlexW2965187225

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