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UO (University of Oregon) team finds antibiotic resistance genes in indoor dust
http://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-team-finds-antibiotic-resistance-genes-indoor-dusthttp://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-team-finds-antibiotic-resistance-genes-indoor-dust[font face=Serif][font size=5]UO team finds antibiotic resistance genes in indoor dust[/font]
September 8, 2016 - 5:00am
[font size=3]In the dust of an aging building used for athletics and academics, UO researchers found a potential problem. Genetic analyses of the samples they gathered turned up antimicrobial chemicals and antibiotic-resistance genes.
That both were in the dust doesn't necessarily mean one caused the other, but finding them together provides probable cause for a more research, says Erica M. Hartmann, who led the project while a postdoctoral fellow in the UO's Biology and the Built Environment Center and Institute of Ecology and Evolution.
One of the antimicrobials is triclosan, which is the most commonly used antibacterial ingredient in personal care products. It is among antimicrobials that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled Sept. 2 must be removed from hand and bar soaps within the next year.
Triclosan has previously been linked with a gene that alters the ribosome — a complex of RNA and protein in cells that is responsible for RNA translation — in a way that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00262September 8, 2016 - 5:00am
[font size=3]In the dust of an aging building used for athletics and academics, UO researchers found a potential problem. Genetic analyses of the samples they gathered turned up antimicrobial chemicals and antibiotic-resistance genes.
That both were in the dust doesn't necessarily mean one caused the other, but finding them together provides probable cause for a more research, says Erica M. Hartmann, who led the project while a postdoctoral fellow in the UO's Biology and the Built Environment Center and Institute of Ecology and Evolution.
One of the antimicrobials is triclosan, which is the most commonly used antibacterial ingredient in personal care products. It is among antimicrobials that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled Sept. 2 must be removed from hand and bar soaps within the next year.
Triclosan has previously been linked with a gene that alters the ribosome — a complex of RNA and protein in cells that is responsible for RNA translation — in a way that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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