Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 89, Issue 1-2, Pages 96-101Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.031
Keywords
Aeromonas; Aquatic environments; Physicochemical parameters; Plasmid curing; Resistance; Health risks
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The main objective of this study was to quantify population and identify culturable species of Aeromonas in sediment and surface water collected along a salinity gradient in an urban estuary in Northeastern Brazil. Thirty sediment samples and 30 water samples were collected from 3 sampling locations (A, B and C) between October 2007 and April 2008. The Aeromonas count was 10-7050 CFU/mL (A), 25-38,500 CFU/mL (B) and <10 CFU/mL (C) for water samples, and similar to 100-37,500 CFU/g (A), 1200-43,500 CFU/g (B) and <10 CFU/g (C) for sediment samples. Five species (Aeromonas caviae, A. sobria, A. trota, A. salmonicida and A. allosaccharophila) were identified among 41 isolates. All strains were sensitive to chloramphenicol and ceftriaxone, whereas 33 (80, 4%) strains were resistant to at least 2 of the 9 antibiotics tested. Resistance to erythromycin was mostly plasmidial. In conclusion, due to pollution, the Coco River is contaminated by pathogenic strains of Aeromonas spp. with a high incidence of antibacterial resistance, posing a serious risk to human health. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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