Dietary Zinc as an Inhibitor of Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Transmission Research Findings from Iowa State University The Role of Dietary Zinc in Inhibiting AMR Plasmids Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes can spread among microbes via plasmids, circular genetic elements, during lateral gene transfer in the gut, Iova researchers, in their re port in Applied and Environmental Microbiology , notes that dietary zinc su p plementation may inhibit the transmission of certain AMR plasmids. Insights from Dr. Melha Mellata "This is the first instance where we have identified zinc as an inhibitor of plasmid transfer, and at lower concentrations, it excerts minimal im pact on bacteria," stated Dr. Melha Mellata, microbiologist and senior author of the study at Iowa State University. Importance of Preventing Plasmid Transfer "This is im portant," she remarked, "because killing gut bacteria could lead to microbiome imbalances, with possible negative health consequen...
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