Antibiotic resistance of neustonic and planktonic fecal coliform bacteria isolated from two water basins differing in the level of pollution

Authors

  • Piotr Skórczewsk Department of Experimental Biology, Pomeranian Academy, Arciszewskiego 22 B, S?upsk, 76-200. Poland
  • Zbigniew Jan Mudryk Department of Experimental Biology, Pomeranian Academy, Arciszewskiego 22 B, S?upsk, 76-200. Poland
  • Marta Jankowska Department of Experimental Biology, Pomeranian Academy, Arciszewskiego 22 B, S?upsk, 76-200. Poland
  • Piotr Perli?ski Department of Experimental Biology, Pomeranian Academy, Arciszewskiego 22 B, S?upsk, 76-200. Poland
  • Marta Zdanowicz Department of Experimental Biology, Pomeranian Academy, Arciszewskiego 22 B, S?upsk, 76-200. Poland

Keywords:

Antibiotic resistance, bacteria, fecal coliform, pollution

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance of fecal coliform bacteria isolated from the surface microlayer and the subsurface layer of a polluted pond and a non-polluted lake was studied. On the basis of the conducted studies it was stated that the isolated fecal coliform bacteria from both aquatic basins showed various resistance to tested antibiotics. Enteric bacteria were the most resistant to ampicillin, clindmycin, novobiocin, penicillin and the most sensitive to amikacin, gentamycin, neomycin and oxytetracycline. Fecal coliform bacteria inhabiting the pond showed similar resistance to the majority of tested antibiotics than coliform bacteria isolated from the lake. The multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) index value for fecal coliform bacteria was higher in the pond than the lake. Only in a downtown pond fecal coliform bacteria isolated from the subsurface water were more resistant to tested antibiotics than those inhabiting the surface microlayer. The antibiotic resistance level of the bacteria depended on the chemical structure of antibiotics.

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Published

2017-01-04

How to Cite

Skórczewsk, P., Jan Mudryk, Z., Jankowska, M., Perli?ski, P., & Zdanowicz, M. (2017). Antibiotic resistance of neustonic and planktonic fecal coliform bacteria isolated from two water basins differing in the level of pollution. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 23(3), 431–439. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/hidrobiologica/index.php/revHidro/article/view/665

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