Relatively high antibiotic resistance among heterotrophic bacteria from arctic fjord sediments than water – Evidence towards better selection pressure in the fjord sediments
| Autor: | S.M. Nikhil, K. P. Krishnan, A. A. Mohamed Hatha, A.V. Saramma, C.S. Neethu, K. M. Mujeeb Rahiman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Sediment Heterotrophic bacteria Fjord Drug resistant mutants Aquatic Science Biology Microbiology Coliform bacteria Antibiotic resistance Arctic medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Polar Science. 9:382-388 |
| ISSN: | 1873-9652 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.polar.2015.10.002 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance among aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and coliform bacteria from water and sediment of Kongsfjord. The study was based on the assumption that arctic fjord environments are relatively pristine and offer very little selection pressure for drug resistant mutants. In order to test the hypothesis, 200 isolates belonging to aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and 114 isolates belonging to coliforms were tested against 15 antibiotics belonging to 5 different classes such as beta lactams, aminoglycosides, quinolones, sulpha drugs and tetracyclines. Resistance to beta lactam and extended spectrum beta lactam (ESBL) antibiotics was considerably high and they found to vary significantly (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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