ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 12 (12), pp. 001-008, December, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Review
Pseudomonads: A versatile bacterial group exhibiting dual resistance to metals and antibiotics
Barnali Sarma1, Celin Acharya2 and S. R. Joshi1*
1Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, Meghalaya, India.
2Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India.
Accepted 22 October, 2018
Abstract
Pseudomonads is a versatile and cosmopolitan bacterial group that can occur in metal contaminated as well as clinical environment and many of them possess the ability to proliferate resistance to bacteria from their own or other group. Antibiotic resistance in clinical bacteria is a growing concern for mankind. Various reports have shown dual resistance of pseudomonads to metal and antibiotic involving different inheritable or non-inheritable mechanisms like co-resistance, cross-resistance, co-regulation, biofilm production, persistence and swarming. Increasing rate of metal pollutant in environment contributed by various anthropogenic activities may constantly provide a selective pressure in proliferation of antibiotic resistance among bacteria.
Key words: Pseudomonads, dual-resistance, metals, antibiotics, inheritable, non-inheritable.