AUTHOR=Song Ziwei , Wang Xue , Zhou Xingchen , Jiang Su , Li Yuanyuan , Ahmad Owais , Qi Lianwen , Li Ping , Li Jing 

TITLE=Taxonomic Distribution of FosB in Human-Microbiota and Activity Comparison of Fosfomycin Resistance

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00200

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2019.00200

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>FosB, a Mg<sup>2+</sup> dependent thioltransferase, confers antibiotic resistance to fosfomycin through enzymatic drug inactivation. Among all antibiotic resistant proteins in the Antibiotic Resistance Genes Database and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database, FosB is within 5% of the most number of ARPs identified in Human Microbiome Project reference database but mainly distributed in limited genera, i.e., 122 of total 133 FosB homologues are found from <italic>Bacillus</italic> and <italic>Staphylococcus</italic>. Furthermore, these FosB sequences could be divided into three clusters based on their phylogenetic relationship, i.e., two groups of FosB were mainly from <italic>Bacillus</italic>, and another was mainly from <italic>Staphylococcus</italic>. Finally, we confirmed that FosB from the group of <italic>Staphylococcus</italic> presented the highest resistance ability to fosfomycin by <italic>in silico</italic> and <italic>in vitro</italic> comparisons. In summary, this study elaborates the specific taxonomic characteristics and resistant abilities of FosB in human microbiota, which might help in developing more promising fosfomycin-like antibiotics.</p>