Surveillance of Escherichia coli in a fish farm of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Rizoneul Haq Reza Zoology, Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • Shahena Aktar Shipa Zoology, Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • M Niamul Naser Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Md Faruque Miah Zoology, Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v48i2.52373

Keywords:

freshwater, aquaculture, Escherichia coli, antibiotic resistance

Abstract

The study was accomplished to investigate Escherichia coli from two freshwater fish, Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala), collected from a fish farm in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Six of each fish were analyzed to isolate and detect Escherichia coli, and E. coli was identified based on morphological and biochemical characteristics. The antibiogram of E. coli was investigated in different generations using eight antibiotic discs such as Chloramphenicol (CH), Streptomycin (S), Gentamycin (G), Ciprofloxacin (CI), Co-trimethoxazole (CO), Azithromycin (AZI), Erythromycin (E) and Novobiocin (NV), and the sensitivity of E. coli was found as 100%, 25%, 100%, 75%, 87.5%, 81.25%, 0%, 0% respectively. Among the 8 antibiotics, for Erythromycin (E) and Novobiocin (NV), the observed resistance pattern of E. coli was 81.25% and 87.5% respectively, whereas, for the rest of the antibiotics, it was 0%.

Bangladesh J. Zool. 48(2): 335-346, 2020

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Published

2021-04-11

How to Cite

Reza, R. H., Shipa, S. A., Naser, M. N., & Miah, M. F. (2021). Surveillance of Escherichia coli in a fish farm of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(2), 335–346. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v48i2.52373

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 2 (2020)

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