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Resistance to antimicrobials is a growing problem of worldwide concern. Plasmids are thought to be major drivers of antibiotic resistance spread. The present work reports a simple way to recover replicative plasmids conferring antibiotic resistance from the bacteria in cheese. Purified plasmid DNA from colonies grown in the presence of tetracycline and erythromycin was introduced into plasmid-free strains of Lactococcus lactis , Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lacticaseibacillus casei . Following antibiotic selection, the plasmids from resistant transformants were isolated, analyzed by restriction enzyme digestion, and sequenced. Seven patterns were obtained for the tetracycline-resistant colonies, five from L. lactis , and one each from the lactobacilli strains, as well as a single digestion profile for the erythromycin-resistant transformants obtained in L. lactis . Sequence analysis respectively identified tet (S) and ermB in the tetracycline- and erythromycin-resistance plasmids from L. lactis . No dedicated resistance genes were detected in plasmids conferring tetracycline resistance to L. casei and L. plantarum . The present results highlight the usefulness of the proposed methodology for isolating functional plasmids that confer antibiotic resistance to LAB species, widen our knowledge of antibiotic resistance in the bacteria that inhabit cheese, and emphasize the leading role of plasmids in the spread of resistance genes via the food chain.

Directed Recovery and Molecular Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids from Cheese Bacteria