Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 70-83.doi: 10.11978/2020092CSTR: 32234.14.2020092

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The number and antibiotic resistance of heterotrophic bacteria in Crassostrea hongkongensis in aquaculture areas of Beibu Gulf

LI Bing1,3(), WANG Ruixuan1,2(), ZHANG Li4, LUO Bang4, MOU Hongli1,3, WANG Jiangyong5()   

  1. 1. Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
    2. Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou 521041, China
    3. South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510300, China
    4. Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning 530021, China
    5. Huizhou University, Huizhou 516007, China
  • Received:2020-08-15 Revised:2020-10-21 Online:2021-07-10 Published:2020-10-25
  • Contact: WANG Ruixuan,WANG Jiangyong E-mail:1029148315@qq.com;wangruixuan@scsfri.ac.cn;wjy104@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31902416);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2017A030313112);Funds for Post Construction of Modern Agricultural Industrial Technology System of Guangdong Province(2020KJ14);Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(CARS-49)

Abstract:

This study investigated the quantity and antibiotic resistance of heterotrophic bacteria in Crassostrea hongkongensis, which were collected from aquaculture zones with different mortality rates. Heterotrophic bacteria were cultivated and numbered, and their antibiotic resistance was explored by the Kirby-Bauer method. The results indicate that the highest number of heterotrophic bacteria [(8.6±0.4)×10 6CFU·g-1] and Vibrio [(9.5±0.4)×10 5CFU·g-1] occurred in the high-mortality farming zones. The medium number of heterotrophic bacteria [(6.9±0.2)×106CFU·g-1] and Vibrio [(4.5±0.6)×10 5CFU·g-1] occurred in the moderate-mortality farming zones. Heterotrophic bacteria [(3.3±0.1)×106CFU·g-1] and Vibrio [(2.5±0.6)×10 5CFU·g-1] had reached the least abundant in low-mortality farming areas. The antibiotic resistance happened mainly to gram-negative bacteria, especially with the highest resistance rate to β-lactams (penicillin) and glycopeptides (vancomycin), and the second to tetracyclines (tetracycline, doxycycline). The lower resistance rates of antibiotics happened to aminoglycosides (streptomycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, neomycin), macrolides (erythromycin) and quinolones (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, enrofloxacin). Multi-antibiotics-resistant bacteria accounted for 79.7% in high-mortality oysters, with a broad spectrum of antibiotic resistance (48 antibiotics). Multi-antibiotics-resistant bacteria accounted for 66.2% in medium-mortality oysters, with resistance to 30 antibiotics. Heterotrophic bacteria with multi-antibiotics resistance in oysters from the low-mortality area accounted for 58.4%, with resistance to 17 kinds of antibiotic-resistant spectrum. The antibiotic resistance and number of heterotrophic bacteria may be related to the death of oysters. The resistant bacteria of high-mortality oysters were large in number and broad in antibiotic resistance spectrum. Quantity of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria in oysters from the low-mortality area were lower. The results reveal that the number of heterotrophic bacteria is positively correlated with the mortality rate of oysters.

Key words: Crassostrea hongkongensis, heterotrophic bacteria, antibiotic resistance, multi-antibiotics resistant, Vibrio

CLC Number: 

  • S917.1