Multispecies coinfections and presence of antibiotics shape resistance and fitness costs in a pathogenic bacterium
DOI10.5281/zenodo.7983511Zenodo7983511MaRDI QIDQ6675811FDOQ6675811
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Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Matthieu Bruneaux, Anssi Karvonen, Ville Hoikkala, Roghaieh Ashrafi
Publication date: 29 May 2023
Increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a challenge for treatment of bacterial diseases. In real life, bacterial infections are typically embedded within complex multispecies communities and influenced by the environment, which can shape costs and benefits of AMR. However, knowledge of such interactions and their implications for AMR in vivo is limited. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated fitness-related traits of a pathogenic bacterium (Flavobacterium columnare) in its fish host, capturing the effects of bacterial antibiotic resistance, multispecies coinfections (metazoan fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum), and antibiotic exposure. We quantified real-time replication and virulence of sensitive and resistant bacteria and demonstrate that both bacteria can benefit from coinfection in terms of persistence and replication, depending on the coinfecting partner and antibiotic presence. We also show that antibiotics can benefit resistant bacteria by increasing bacterial replication under coinfection with flukes. These results emphasize the importance of diverse, inter-kingdom coinfection interactions and antibiotic exposure in shaping costs and benefits of AMR, supporting their role as significant contributors to the spread and long-term persistence of resistance.
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