Electrophoretic pattern of glutathione S-transferase (GST) in antibiotic resistance Gram-positive bacteria from poultry litter

Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Sridevi Dhanarani, Congeevaram Shankar, Piruthiviraj Prakash, Kuppusamy Ranganathan, Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Kaliannan Thamaraiselvi

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Abstract

The present study is aimed to assess the role of glutathione S-transferase (GST) in antibiotic resistance among the bacteria isolated from the poultry litter and to identify the effect of GST to reduce the antimicrobial activity of antibiotics. Induction of various antibiotics to Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Micrococcus sp. isolated from the poultry litter showed that the activity of GST was three to four folds higher than those of control. Analysis of the isozyme pattern of GST revealed that variation in the expression may be due to antibiotic resistance. The results concluded that GST might play an important role in the protection against the toxic effect of the antimicrobial agents which leads bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-290
Number of pages6
JournalMicrobial Pathogenesis
Volume110
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017

Keywords

  • Antibiotics
  • Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
  • Isozyme
  • Poultry litter
  • Resistant bacteria

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