类金属
砷
竞赛(生物学)
微生物
抗菌剂
环境化学
化学
生物
金属
生态学
细菌
微生物学
遗传学
有机化学
作者
Yuan Ping Li,Ibtissem Ben Fekih,Ernest Chi Fru,Aurelio Moraleda‐Muñoz,Xuanji Li,Barry P. Rosen,Masafumi Yoshinaga,Christopher Rensing
出处
期刊:Annual Review of Microbiology
[Annual Reviews]
日期:2021-10-08
卷期号:75 (1): 175-197
被引量:30
标识
DOI:10.1146/annurev-micro-032921-123231
摘要
Competition shapes evolution. Toxic metals and metalloids have exerted selective pressure on life since the rise of the first organisms on the Earth, which has led to the evolution and acquisition of resistance mechanisms against them, as well as mechanisms to weaponize them. Microorganisms exploit antimicrobial metals and metalloids to gain competitive advantage over other members of microbial communities. This exerts a strong selective pressure that drives evolution of resistance. This review describes, with a focus on arsenic and copper, how microorganisms exploit metals and metalloids for predation and how metal- and metalloid-dependent predation may have been a driving force for evolution of microbial resistance against metals and metalloids.
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