Antibiotic resistance among coliform and fecal coliform bacteria isolated from sewage, seawater, and marine shellfish.
Seawater and shellfish samples collected in the vicinity of a marine sewage outfall were examined for the incidence of antibiotic resistance among coliform and fecal coliform bacteria over a 2-year period. Seventy percent or more of these two groups of bacteria from both sources were resistant to one or more antibiotics. Forty-five percent of the isolates resistant to streptomycin or tetracycline were capable of transferring all or part of their resistance pattern to an antibiotic-susceptible strain of Escherichia coli K-12.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D012623:Seawater; D012722:Sewage; D012758:Shellfish; D014871:Water Microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012722:Sewage