Open AccessTransferable chloramphenicol resistance determinant in luminous Vibrio harveyi from penaeid shrimp Penaeus monodon larvae
Author(s) -
Thangapalam Jawahar Abraham
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-729X
pISSN - 2311-3111
DOI - 10.17017/jfish.v4i3.2016.158
Subject(s) - penaeus monodon , shrimp , biology , chloramphenicol , vibrio harveyi , microbiology and biotechnology , vibrio , vibrio alginolyticus , fishery , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
Antibiotic-resistant luminous Vibrio harveyi strains isolated from Penaeus monodon larvae were screened for the possession of transferable resistance determinants. All the strains were resistant to chloramphenicol and the determinant coding for chloramphenicol resistance was transferred to Escherichia coli at frequencies of 9.50x10-4 to 4.20x10-4. The results probably suggest the excessive use of chloramphenicol in shrimp hatcheries to combat luminous vibriosis.