The phylum Pseudomonadota is amongst the most represented in the environment, with a comparatively lower prevalence in the human oral cavity. The ubiquity of Pseudomonadota and the fact that the oral cavity is the most likely entry portal of bacteria from external sources underlie the need to better understand its occurrence in the interface environment-humans. Yet, the relevance oral Pseudomonadota is largely underexplored in the scientific literature, a gap that this review aims at addressing by making, for the first time, an overview of the diversity and ecology of Pseudomonadota in the oral cavity. The screening of scientific literature and human microbiome databases unveiled 1328 reports of Pseudomonadota in the oral cavity. Most of these belonged to the classes Beta- and Gammaproteobacteria, mainly to the families Neisseriaceae, Campylobacteriaceae, and Pasteurelaceae. Others also regularly reported include genera such as Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, Escherichia, Burkholderia, or Citrobacter, whose members have high potential to acquire virulence and antibiotic resistance genes. This review provides evidence that clinically relevant environmental Pseudomonadota may colonize humans via oral cavity. The need for further investigation about Pseudomonadota at the environment-oral cavity interface and their role as vectors potentially involved in virulence and antibiotic resistance transmission is demonstrated. Key points • Neisseriaceae, Campylobacteriaceae, and Pasteurelaceae are part of the core oral microbiome • Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter, or Burkholderia are frequent in the oral microbiome • Gut dysbiosis may be associated with colonization by ubiquitous oral Pseudomonadota Graphical abstract
Wastewater treatment plants are sources of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which can contaminate receiving aquatic environments and contribute to antibiotic resistance. We focused on a controlled experimental system comprising a semicommercial membrane-aerated bioreactor (MABR) that treated raw sewage, whose effluents fed a 4,500-L polypropylene basin that mimicked effluent stabilization reservoirs.
This study assessed temporal dynamics of total and antibiotic resistant fecal bacterial indicators and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) along a sewage-effluent-reservoir continuum, in an experimental system consisting of a sewage-fed membrane-aerated bioreactor (MABR) whose effluent fed a 4500 L polypropylene basin that mimicked an effluent storage reservoir. We applied a multidisciplinary approach that coupled physicochemical analyses, cultivation of total and cefotaxime-resistant E. coli, microbiome (bacterial and eukaryotic) analysis and qPCR/ddPCR quantification of selected ARGs. Total and cefotaxime-resistant E. coli loads dropped by approximately 1.5 log units in both the MABR and the reservoir, but the relative reduction (normalized to 16S rRNA genes) in both E. coli and ARGs was higher in the reservoir. Reservoir microbiomes were significantly different from those in the MABR, and were characterized by temporal shifts and periodic algal (Chlorophyta) blooms that were coupled to oxygen and pH fluctuations. Collectively, the data indicates that the decrease in E. coli and ARGs in the MABR was primarily facilitated by sludge removal, whereas in the reservoir, it was predominantly associated with microbial community shifts. The study highlights the capacity of ecological interactions in mitigating antibiotic resistance in both engineered and natural ecosystems.
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