Invasive species drive polymicrobial resistance to amoxicillin in oral biofilms through beta-lactamase release
Amy L. Seidel, Matthias Steglich, Taoran Qu, Amruta Joshi, Malina Schneider, Andrea Spaic, Ines Yang, Jasmin Grischke, Evgenii Rubalskii, Lothar Koch, Boris N. Chichkov, Jan Hegermann, Piotr Majewski, Elżbieta Anna Tryniszewska, Jørgen Slots, , Meike Stiesch
The paper develops a method to detect polymicrobial amoxicillin resistance in oral biofilms and identifies beta-lactamase-producing species that confer cross-protection to other microbes.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology