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ArticleScientific reports2022

Strong and widespread cycloheximide resistance in Stichococcus-like eukaryotic algal taxa.

Nur Hidayu Syuhada, Faradina Merican, Syazana Zaki, Paul A Broady, Peter Convey, Narongrit Muangmai

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 6 countries.

Nur Hidayu SyuhadaSchool of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia.
Faradina MericanSchool of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia. faradina@usm.my.
Syazana ZakiSchool of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia.
Paul A BroadySchool of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Peter ConveyBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK.
Narongrit MuangmaiDepartment of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYHiroshima University · JPUniversity of Canterbury · NZUniversity of Johannesburg · ZA

Funding

RUI 1001/PBIOLOGI/811305YPASM 304/PBIOLOGI/650963
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was initiated following the serendipitous discovery of a unialgal culture of a Stichococcus-like green alga (Chlorophyta) newly isolated from soil collected on Signy Island (maritime Antarctica) in growth medium supplemented with 100 µg/mL cycloheximide (CHX, a widely used antibiotic active against most eukaryotes). In order to test the generality of CHX resistance in taxa originally identified as members of Stichococcus (the detailed taxonomic relationships within this group of algae have been updated since our study took place), six strains were studied: two strains isolated from recent substrate collections from Signy Island (maritime Antarctica) ("Antarctica" 1 and "Antarctica" 2), one isolated from this island about 50 years ago ("Antarctica" 3) and single Arctic ("Arctic"), temperate ("Temperate") and tropical ("Tropical") strains. The sensitivity of each strain towards CHX was compared by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and growth rate and lag time when exposed to different CHX concentrations. All strains except "Temperate" were highly resistant to CHX (MIC > 1000 µg/mL), while "Temperate" was resistant to 62.5 µg/mL (a concentration still considerably greater than any previously reported for algae). All highly resistant strains showed no significant differences in growth rate between control and treatment (1000 µg/mL CHX) conditions. Morphological examination suggested that four strains were consistent with the description of the species Stichococcus bacillaris while the remaining two conformed to S. mirabilis. However, based on sequence analyses and the recently available phylogeny, only one strain, "Temperate", was confirmed to be S. bacillaris, while "Tropical" represents the newly erected genus Tetratostichococcus, "Antarctica 1" Tritostichococcus, and "Antarctica 2", "Antarctica 3" and "Arctic" Deuterostichococcus. Both phylogenetic and CHX sensitivity analyses suggest that CHX resistance is potentially widespread within this group of algae.

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Antarctic RegionsChlorophytaCycloheximideDNA, AlgalDrug ResistanceEukaryotaEukaryotic CellsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhylogenySoilSoil MicrobiologyCycloheximideDNA, AlgalSoil

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PMCPMC8776791
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