Antibiotic resistance and repetitive-element PCR fingerprinting in Aeromonas veronii isolates.
This study evaluated antibiotic resistance and the related genes in total 47 Aeromonas veronii isolates from pet fish, eel (Anguilla japonica) and koi (Cyprinus carpio) in Korea. In comparison with the antibiotic susceptibilities of isolates from eel and koi, those of pet fish were more resistant to ceftiofur, aminoglycosides, tetracycline and nitrofurantoin. And isolates from pet fish showed high prevalences of class 1 integron, quinolones and tetracycline resistance determinants than those from eel and koi. Repetitive-element palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) showed larger diversities among A. veronii isolates. Collectively, pet fish may be a reservoir for multiple clones of A. veronii involved in antibiotic resistance. In this aspect, imported fish in the aquaculture trade should be steadily and continually screened for bacterial antibiotic resistance and related genes.
Department of Animal Science, Joongbu University, Geumsan-gun, Korea.
T-H
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0890-519X
TH
Chung
Bio-safety Research Institute and College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
S-W
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5545-2969
SW
Yi
Bio-safety Research Institute and College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
G-W
GW
Shin
D000070079:Aeromonas veronii / Q000235:genetics*; D000811:Anguilla / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017756:Aquaculture; D002347:Carps / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D056910:Republic of Korea
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents

Aeromonas veronii
; antibiotic resistance; pet fish; repetitive-element palindromic PCR