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Molecular Detection of some Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Freshwater Fishes at Qalubiya Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Microbiology

Abstract

The present study was conducted on 145 clinically diseased fish samples, 55 Nile tilapia; Oreochromus niloticus (O.niloticus); 65 African catfish (C. gariepinus), and 25 Grey mullet, Mugilcephalus (M. cephalus) of various sizes. Fishes were collected from different fish markets at Qalubiya Governorate, Egypt, during the period from September 2021 to May 2022 for isolation of Pseudomonas (Ps) aeruginosa with molecular studying of its virulence factors. The results cleared that 43 Ps. aeruginosa   isolates (13.8%) were recovered as follow;14/55 from O. niloticus (25.4%), 19/65 from C. gariepinus (29.2%) and 10/25 from M. cephalus (40.0%). The isolated Ps. aeruginosa were highly resistant for ampicillin; penicillin-G followed by oxacillin; amoxicillin; cefotaxime and tetracycline. In contrast, they were sensitive to gentamicin followed by norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin and doxycycline. PCR results showed that, exotoxin A (toxA); outer membrane lipoprotein L (oprL) and exo polysaccharide synthesis locus (pslA) virulence gene were detected in three out of six studied Ps. aeruginosa isolates and exotoxin S (exoS) virulence gene was detected in five out of six studied ones. It is concluded that Ps. Aeruginosa has multiple antibiotic resistances and virulence genes, therefore it is an important pathogen causes Pseudomonas septicemia in fish and could have a public health concern for the consumers

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2022.164891.1595

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Virulence genes, molecular studies, Fishes

Authors

First Name

Hend

Last Name

Ali

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Affiliation

Microbiology, Immunology& Mycology department, Faculty of veterinary medicine, Benha university

Email

dr.hend.ali.126@gmail.com

City

Qaliobia

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First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Awad

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Affiliation

Head of Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University

Email

ashraf.awad@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

Toukh

Orcid

0000-0002-1221-3340

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Maarouf

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-

Affiliation

Animal Health research institute

Email

drahmed.maarouf@yahoo.com

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-

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-

First Name

wedad

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Microbiology, Immunology& Mycology department, Faculty of veterinary medicine, Benha university

Email

wedad.ahmed@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

Qaliobia

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-

Volume

43

Article Issue

2

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38955

Issue Date

2023-01-01

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2022-09-28

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

80

Page End

84

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1110-6581

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812

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Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Molecular Detection of some Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Freshwater Fishes at Qalubiya Governorate, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023