Antibiotic resistance pattern of bacterial isolatesfrom fishes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands


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Authors

  • Jai Sunder Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S Jeyakumar Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S P S Ahlawat Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • R B Rai Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • A Kundu Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S Senani Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • R N Chatterjee Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S K.,Yadav,S Saha Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India

Abstract

A total of 131 bacteria were isolated from freshwater and marine fishes ofAndaman and Nicobar Islands. The percentage of Gram –ve bacteria were 88.52%,while Gram +ve bacteria were 11.47%. The predominating genera identified fromfresh water fishes were Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas spp. and Yersinia spp.;while from marine fishes the predominating bacteria were Edwardsiella spp.and Aeromonas spp. The resistance pattern of Streptomycin, Cephalexin,Rifampicin and Nitrofurantoin were found to be more than 60% both by marineand fresh water bacterial isolates. A high degree of multiple drug resistancepatterns has been exhibited by the bacterial isolates from fishes, however theresistance pattern against antibiotics was more in marine bacteria. The highdegree of resistance to all the antibiotics by marine and fresh water bacteriamay pose a threat to human population by transferring these resistant genes toother bacteria as the consumption of fish food in these islands is very high.

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Author Biographies

  • Jai Sunder, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S Jeyakumar, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S P S Ahlawat, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • R B Rai, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • A Kundu, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S Senani, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • R N Chatterjee, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
  • S K.,Yadav,S Saha, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India
    Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101,A&N Islands, India

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Vol. 53 No. 2 (2006)

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Sunder, J., Jeyakumar, S., Ahlawat, S. P. S., Rai, R. B., Kundu, A., Senani, S., Chatterjee, R. N., & Saha, S. K. (2011). Antibiotic resistance pattern of bacterial isolatesfrom fishes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 53(2), 231-235. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/6996