DETECTION OF TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE GENES IN PSEUDOMONAS AND AEROMONAS ISOLATED FROM NORTH-EAST MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Ahmed K. S. M., GÜLNAZ O., Cakmak A.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.30, sa.4A, ss.4052-4058, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 4A
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Aerospace Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4052-4058
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tetracycline Resistance, Mediterranean Sea, Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE, SURFACE-WATER, WASTE-WATER, BACTERIA, SHRIMP, AERUGINOSA, OXYTETRACYCLINE, PREVALENCE
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, it as aimed to monitor the variation of tetracycline resistance genes of Pseudomonas and Aeromonas isolates from the Northeast Mediterranean coastline sea water. A total of 856 A eromonas spp. and Pseudomonas spp., strains were isolated from seawater of the North Eastern Mediterranean during the fall, winter, spring and summer seasons between 2015 and 2019. Among the 856 strains, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the dominant species (n = 228; 26.6%). Tetracycline resistance was detected in 67.3 A (n =576) of the 856 strains evaluated within the scope of the study. It was observed that 71.5% of P aeruginosa strains, 68.9% of A. hvdrophda strains and 68.8% of P fluorescens strains were resistant to tetracycline. It was found that 106 of the randomly selected 110 samples contain Tet A, 98 Tet B, 95 Tet C, 94 Tet W, 88 Tet D, 86 Tet C and 79 Tet X. In line with the findings obtained in our study, the high level of tetracycline resistance of Pseudomonas and Aeromonas species in sea water in the Northeastern Mediterranean Region is an indication that sea water may be highly contaminated with anthropogenic effects, especially hospital and industrial wastes.