Antibiotic Levels and heavy metal resistance in gram-negative bacteria isolated from seawater, Iskenderun Organized Industrial Zone

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Tamer AKKAN¹  Sadık DİNÇER¹  Ayşenur KAYA¹ 

关键词: Antibiotic;    Bacteria;    Heavy Metal;    Iskenderun Bay;    Public Health;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Nobel Bilim ve Arasirma Merkezi/Nobel Science and Research Cente

【 摘 要 】

Gram-negativebacteriawereisolatedfromtheterritorialseawaterofIskenderunOrganizedIndustrialZoneinIskenderunBay,tomeasuretheirresistancelevelsagainsttoantibioticandheavymetal.SixteenspeciesofbacteriawereidentifiedbyusingVITEKIISystem.Totalof18antibioticsdiscandfourheavymetalswereappliedfortheresistancetest.Antibioticresistancesofallisolateswereathighpercentagesforeritromisine(94.4%),ampicilline(72.7%),streptomycin(68.3%),cefazolin(64.6%)andcarboksipeneme(57.1%).Thehighestresistantstrainwasresistantagainstto17antibiotics,whiletheweakestresistantoftwoisolatesweresensitivetoallantibiotics.MARindexvalueswerefoundtobehigherthan0.2for94.9%ofallisolates.Heavymetalresistancesofallisolateswerefoundtobeinhighpercentagesas100%forcadmium,%100forcopper,90.7%formanganese,and67.7%forlead.Highresistancesofexaminedbacteriaagainsttobothantibioticsandheavymetalsindicatedadenseandmultisourcepollutioninthebay.Thepollutioninterritorialwatersofthebaymaythreattheaquaticlifeconsequently,thepublichealth.

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