Open AccessBacteriology of wild grey mullets, Mugil platanus Günther, from Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil
Author(s) -
José Pedro Sousa,
J. C. Eiras,
Maria José Tavares RanzaniPaiva,
Agar Costa Alexandrino
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
revista brasileira de zoologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1806-969X
pISSN - 0101-8175
DOI - 10.1590/s0101-81751999000400015
Subject(s) - mugil , biology , vibrio , aeromonas , bacteriology , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcus , flavobacterium , veterinary medicine , pseudomonas , bacteria , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , medicine , genetics
Bacterial strains isolated from the kidney and liver of grey mullets, Mugil platanus Giinther, 1880, captured in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil, in October 1996, belong to the genera Micrococcus, Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium, Aeromonas and Vibrio. The resistance/susceptibility patterns of the isolated micro-organisms to nine antimicrobial substances were determined, the more resistant bacteria had been Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium and Micrococcus. To the best of the authors knowledge this is the first bacteriological study done on Mugil platanus in Brazil