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- Title
The sulfonamide-resistance dihydropteroate synthase gene is crucial for efficient biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole by Paenarthrobacter species.
- Authors
Wu, Tong; Guo, Sheng-Zhi; Zhu, Hai-Zhen; Yan, Lei; Liu, Zhi-Pei; Li, De-Feng; Jiang, Cheng-Ying; Corvini, Philippe François-Xavier; Shen, Xi-Hui; Liu, Shuang-Jiang
- Abstract
Sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs) are serious pollutants to ecosystems and environments. Previous studies showed that microbial degradation of SAs such as sulfamethoxazole (SMX) proceeds via a sad-encoded oxidative pathway, while the sulfonamide-resistant dihydropteroate synthase gene, sul, is responsible for SA resistance. However, the co-occurrence of sad and sul genes, as well as how the sul gene affects SMX degradation, was not explored. In this study, two SMX-degrading bacterial strains, SD-1 and SD-2, were cultivated from an SMX-degrading enrichment. Both strains were Paenarthrobacter species and were phylogenetically identical; however, they showed different SMX degradation activities. Specifically, strain SD-1 utilized SMX as the sole carbon and energy source for growth and was a highly efficient SMX degrader, while SD-2 did could not use SMX as a sole carbon or energy source and showed limited SMX degradation when an additional carbon source was supplied. Genome annotation, growth, enzymatic activity tests, and metabolite detection revealed that strains SD-1 and SD-2 shared a sad-encoded oxidative pathway for SMX degradation and a pathway of protocatechuate degradation. A new sulfonamide-resistant dihydropteroate synthase gene, sul918, was identified in strain SD-1, but not in SD-2. Moreover, the lack of sul918 resulted in low SMX degradation activity in strain SD-2. Genome data mining revealed the co-occurrence of sad and sul genes in efficient SMX-degrading Paenarthrobacter strains. We propose that the co-occurrence of sulfonamide-resistant dihydropteroate synthase and sad genes is crucial for efficient SMX biodegradation. Key points: •Two sulfamethoxazole-degrading strains with distinct degrading activity, Paenarthrobacter sp. SD-1 and Paenarthrobacter sp. SD-2, were isolated and identified. •Strains SD-1 and SD-2 shared a sad-encoded oxidative pathway for SMX degradation. •A new plasmid-borne SMX resistance gene (sul918) of strain SD-1 plays a crucial role in SMX degradation efficiency.
- Subjects
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; BIODEGRADATION; GENES; SPECIES; FOSFOMYCIN; DATA mining
- Publication
Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2023, Vol 107, Issue 18, p5813
- ISSN
0175-7598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00253-023-12679-x