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Aeromonas hydrophila from Fish and Humans: Biofilm Formation and Genetic Relatedness

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Animal Health, Nutrition and Food Control (Veterinary Public Health, Animal Wealth Development, Animal Nutrition, Zoonoses, Food Control)

Abstract

A comprehensive study was done to determine the genetic relatedness and the biofilm formation ability of Aeromonas hydrophila strains (n=25) isolated from fish (150 tilapia and 144 mugil) and human stool samples (n=102). The results revealed that Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) classified A. hydrophila strains into seven distinct profiles (R1-R7), the amplicon sizes ranged from 183-2930 bp. The isolates were grouped into five main clusters, the presence of isolates from fish and humans in the same cluster indicates the possibility of cross contamination. Biofilm results showed that 96% of A. hydrophila isolates were biofilm producers. At 35ºC, 16 (64%) and 8 (32%) showed strong and moderate biofilm production ability, respectively. At 25ºC, 21 (84%) were biofilm producers, of which, 8 (32%), 7 (28%) and 6 (24%) were strong, moderate and weak, respectively. At 4ºC, decreased biofilm production ability was noticed 13 (52%), where 8 (32%) and 5 (20%) were moderate and weak biofilm producers, respectively. Significant correlation was showed between A. hydrophila isolates and different cultivation temperatures. This clarified the potential virulence of A. hydrophila isolates from both fish and human sources and their public health hazard.

DOI

10.21608/zvjz.2019.12260.1037

Keywords

A. hydrophila, Biofilm, fish, RAPD, humans

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

E.M.

Affiliation

Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511,Sharkia Governorate, Egypt

Email

bishet68@yahoo.de

City

Zagazig

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First Name

Heba

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511,Sharkia Governorate, Egypt

Email

heba_ahmed@zu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Maha

Last Name

Rizk

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Animal Health Research Institute, Damietta branch, Agriculture Researches Center, Egypt

Email

maha.rezk92@yahoo.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Rasha

Last Name

Gharieb

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511,Sharkia Governorate, Egypt

Email

ghariebrasha@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Shehata

Last Name

Abdel-Maksoud

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Animal Health Research Institute, Damietta branch, Agriculture Researches Center, Egypt

Email

shehata@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

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Volume

47

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

10094

Issue Date

2019-12-01

Receive Date

2019-04-24

Publish Date

2019-12-01

Page Start

340

Page End

351

Print ISSN

1110-1458

Online ISSN

2357-075X

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https://zvjz.journals.ekb.eg/article_66822.html

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601

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Publication Title

Zagazig Veterinary Journal

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https://zvjz.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Aeromonas hydrophila from Fish and Humans: Biofilm Formation and Genetic Relatedness

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Created At

22 Jan 2023