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Antibiotic resistance and repetitive‐element PCR fingerprinting in Aeromonas veronii isolates
Author(s) -
Chung TH,
Yi SW,
Shin GW
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/jfd.12564
Subject(s) - aeromonas veronii , biology , ceftiofur , tetracycline , microbiology and biotechnology , integron , antibiotic resistance , aeromonas , antibiotics , cyprinus , nitrofurantoin , veterinary medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , bacteria , fishery , genetics , medicine
This study evaluated antibiotic resistance and the related genes in total 47 Aeromonas veronii isolates from pet fish, eel ( Anguilla japonica ) and koi ( Cyprinus carpio ) in Korea. In comparison with the antibiotic susceptibilities of isolates from eel and koi, those of pet fish were more resistant to ceftiofur, aminoglycosides, tetracycline and nitrofurantoin. And isolates from pet fish showed high prevalences of class 1 integron, quinolones and tetracycline resistance determinants than those from eel and koi. Repetitive‐element palindromic PCR (rep‐ PCR ) showed larger diversities among A. veronii isolates. Collectively, pet fish may be a reservoir for multiple clones of A. veronii involved in antibiotic resistance. In this aspect, imported fish in the aquaculture trade should be steadily and continually screened for bacterial antibiotic resistance and related genes.