Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis

Antibiotic susceptibility and genetic diversity of E. coli isolated from cultured catfish and their surrounding environment were determined. The levels of resistance of the E. coli isolates towards six different antibiotics tested differed considerably. Though the isolates displayed resistance tow...

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Main Authors: Samuel, Lihan, Marian, M. M, Kasing, Apun, Lesley Maurice, Bilung, Son, Radu
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Language:English
Published: IFRJ Publisher 2011
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author Samuel, Lihan
Marian, M. M
Kasing, Apun
Lesley Maurice, Bilung
Son, Radu
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Marian, M. M
Kasing, Apun
Lesley Maurice, Bilung
Son, Radu
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description Antibiotic susceptibility and genetic diversity of E. coli isolated from cultured catfish and their surrounding environment were determined. The levels of resistance of the E. coli isolates towards six different antibiotics tested differed considerably. Though the isolates displayed resistance towards some of the antibiotics tested, none of the isolates showed resistant towards norfloxacin, sulphametoxazole/trimethoprim and chloramphenicol. RAPD-PCR analysis using single primer and primers combination clustered the E. coli isolates into 3 and 5 groups, respectively. The results of this study suggest that the E. coli isolates from the catfish and their surrounding environment derived from a mixture of sensitive and resistant strains with diverse genetic contents. The use of the RAPD analysis is sufficiently discriminatory for the typing of the E. coli isolates.
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spelling unimas-100982023-08-01T08:02:53Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10098/ Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis Samuel, Lihan Marian, M. M Kasing, Apun Lesley Maurice, Bilung Son, Radu Q Science (General) Antibiotic susceptibility and genetic diversity of E. coli isolated from cultured catfish and their surrounding environment were determined. The levels of resistance of the E. coli isolates towards six different antibiotics tested differed considerably. Though the isolates displayed resistance towards some of the antibiotics tested, none of the isolates showed resistant towards norfloxacin, sulphametoxazole/trimethoprim and chloramphenicol. RAPD-PCR analysis using single primer and primers combination clustered the E. coli isolates into 3 and 5 groups, respectively. The results of this study suggest that the E. coli isolates from the catfish and their surrounding environment derived from a mixture of sensitive and resistant strains with diverse genetic contents. The use of the RAPD analysis is sufficiently discriminatory for the typing of the E. coli isolates. IFRJ Publisher 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10098/1/Samuel.pdf Samuel, Lihan and Marian, M. M and Kasing, Apun and Lesley Maurice, Bilung and Son, Radu (2011) Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis. International Food Research Journal, 18 (3). pp. 971-976. ISSN 2231-7546
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Samuel, Lihan
Marian, M. M
Kasing, Apun
Lesley Maurice, Bilung
Son, Radu
Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis
title Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis
title_full Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis
title_fullStr Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis
title_short Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and RAPD analysis
title_sort characterization of escherichia coli isolated from cultured catfish by antibiotic resistance and rapd analysis
topic Q Science (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10098/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10098/1/Samuel.pdf