title: Antibiotic- and metal-resistant strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from shrimps.
abstract: Enteropathogenic strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were isolated from shrimps, Penaeus monodon collected from the region of the Deltaic Sundarbans (West Bengal, India). About 63% of the isolated strains were resistant to ampicillin, cephalexin, and kanamycin. However, all these strains were sensitive to nitrofurantoin, nalidixic acid, tetracycline, and norfloxacin. The isolated strains were resistant to Ni2+] (75%), Cu2+ (87%), and Co2+ (37%), but all the strains were resistant against Cd2+, Zn2+, and Pb2+ at 10 mM concentration.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta , India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D033364:Decapoda / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019216:Metals, Heavy