Characterization of antibiotic resistance in Vibrio spp. isolated from farmed marine shrimps (Penaeus monodon)

FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2010 May;72(2):219-27. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00846.x. Epub 2010 Feb 11.

Abstract

A total of 83 Vibrio isolates from farmed marine shrimps (Penaeus monodon) were tested for the presence of class 1, 2 and 3 integrons, SXT constin and tetracycline resistance-encoding genes. Mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of the gyrA and parC genes were determined in fluoroquinolone-resistant Vibrio strains (n=17). Five isolates were found to carry class 1 integrons, of which only one contained the partial rumA gene in the variable region. All the Vibrio strains were devoid of class 2 and 3 integrons. Seven isolates harbored SXT constin. None of the Vibrio isolates were positive to the tet(K), tet(L), tet(M), tet(O) and tet(S) genes. Ten fluoroquinolone-resistant Vibrio strains carried a point mutation G-248-T in the gyrA QRDR, leading to a Ser-83-Ile substitution in GyrA, but none of these strains had mutations in the QRDR of the parC gene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA Gyrase / genetics
  • DNA Topoisomerase IV / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Integrons
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutation
  • Penaeidae / microbiology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vibrio / drug effects*
  • Vibrio / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA Topoisomerase IV
  • DNA Gyrase