Sevil Toroglu*1,
Emin Toroglu2, Sadik Dincer3, Cemil Kara1 and Metin Kertmen1
1Department
of Biology, 2Department of Geography, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Kahramanmaras Sutcu
Imam, Kahramanmaras-
46100, Turkey
3Department
of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, University
of Cukurova,
Adana - 01330, Turkey
(Received:
September 21, 2007; Revised received: March 25, 2008; Accepted: April 10, 2008)
Abstract: A total of 94 bacteria, associated with wild Achanthobrama
marmid (Heckel, 1843) in
Sir Dam lake
of Turkey identified.
Subsequently, selected isolates were characterized and identified to the genus
level. The 94 members of Enterobacteriaceae were
isolated in the gills and intestines, and among the isolates, E. coli were
represented at a rate of
55 %, Shigella spp.
at a rate of 21 %, Salmonella spp. at a rate of 9%, Citrobacter spp. at a rate
of 9%, Klebsiella
spp. at a rate of 3% and Proteus spp.,
at a rate of 3%. A total of 94 bacteria resistant to antibiotics and heavy
metals were isolated from total 47 of A. marmid
samples and were investigated. Viable counts of antibiotic resistant bacteria
isolated from gill and intestinal content samples showed high frequencies of
resistance to Penicilline-G
(KP) (68%), CZ (54%), FOX (48%), while the proportion of CRO (39%) and
CTX (36%) resistance was low. In this research, heavy metal
contamination in Sir Dam lake water samples and resistance frequency against
heavy metals in isolated bacteria from gill and intestinal contents in A. marmid were investigated. Heavy metal
contamination such as nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd),
copper (Cu) and chromium (Cr)
determined diverse rate (except Mn) in
water samples. The resistance frequency of the isolates was revealed different
rate for the following heavy metals: Ni, Cd, Cu and
Cr. When the concentration of heavy metals increased, the resistance against
heavy metals in diverse genus of isolates in different rate decreased.
Key words: Achanthobrama marmid (Heckel, 1843), Enterobacteriaceae
spp., Antibiotic resistance, Heavy metal resistance,
Public health
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(*storoglu@ksu.edu.tr)
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