Occurence and antibiotic susceptibility of motile Aeromonas spp. of untreated well water

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ALTANLAR N., YÜCEL N., Akin A.

Ankara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.151-157, 2003 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1501/eczfak_0000000407
  • Dergi Adı: Ankara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.151-157
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Antibiotic susceptibility, Incidence, Motile Aeromonas spp, Untreated well water
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Drinking untreated water samples collected from Ankara, Turkey were analysed for the presence of motile Aeromonas species. In this study, 166 of untreated water samples were examined and total of 66 motile Aeromonas were isolated. A. hydrophila, A. caviae and A. sobria were present in all wells investigated, forty (60.60 %) A. hydrophila, 19 (28.78 %) A. sobria, 7 (10.60 %) A. caviae were isolated in water samples. The most of the strains isolated were A. hydrophila. minimal tests such as oxidase, motility, sensitivity to the Vibriostatic agent 0/129, fermentation, and gas production from glucose, H 2S production from cysteine, esculin hydrolysis and growth in KCN broth were sufficient to classify the majority of Aeromonas strains into species. Aeromonas strains were tested for haemolytic activity, and antibiotic susceptibility. All of the 66 Aeromonas strains, study were resistant to ampicilline and erytromicin, but susceptible to ciprofloxacin, cefazolin, cefixime, ceftriaxone, trimetoprim and sulphamethoxazole and gentamicin.