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- Title
Antibiotic resistance in potentially bacteriocinogenic probiotic bacteria in aquaculture environments.
- Authors
Resende, Juliana A; Borges, Marina L; Pacheco, Kelly D; Ribeiro, Izabella H; Cesar, Dioneia E; Silva, Vânia L; Diniz, Cláudio G; Apolônio, Ana Carolina M
- Abstract
Bacteriocin-producing bacteria in aquaculture may prevent spreading of potentially pathogenic microorganisms, and could be used as an alternative to the empirical use of antimicrobial drugs, especially for prophylaxis. Bacteriocinogenic bacteria inoculated as probiotics should not carry undesirable traits, such as antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to find potentially bacteriocinogenic bacteria in an aquaculture system and evaluate their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Selective cultures for enterobacteria, non-fermenting Gram-negative rods and Gram-positive cocci were obtained from water samples before bacterial isolation and biochemical identification. Overall, 160 representative strains were recovered and for 57 antagonism was observed against selected strains such as Staphylococcus aureus, with antagonism being expressed better on Brain Heart Infusion medium. After exclusion of interfering factors, bacteriocin or bacteriocin-like substances were suggested to be related to the antagonism observed. Higher drug-resistant rates were observed among potentially bacteriocinogenic bacteria for different antimicrobials of clinical relevance. Although antibiotic resistance is a global health problem and bacteriocins are attractive alternatives to classical antibiotic even to multiresistant bacteria, the data obtained suggest that bacteriocin-producing bacteria may harbour resistance genes available for transference in different environments. From the ecological and biotechnological perspective, antimicrobial susceptibility tests must be always performed when prospecting potentially bacteriocinogenic bacteria as probiotic candidates in the environment.
- Subjects
BACTERIOCINS; AQUACULTURE; PROBIOTICS; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Publication
Aquaculture Research, 2017, Vol 48, Issue 5, p2113
- ISSN
1355-557X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/are.13047