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Bacteriological Studies on Sea Turtles in Suez Governorate

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology

Abstract

Sea turtles are air-breathing, marine reptiles. The past few years have witnessed a surge in research focusing on the causes of morbidity and mortality, along with intensified endeavors to conserve them. This research aimed to isolate and characterize vibrio alginolyticus from apparently healthy sea turtles, Antimicrobial sensitivity test, and Molecular identification. There were 60 red-eared turtle samples (30 buccal and 30 cloacal samples), and 18 green turtle samples (9 buccal and 9 cloacal samples). collected aseptically from the Red Sea, Pet stores, and Giza zoo and subjected to isolation and biochemical characterization of V. alginolyticu, V. alginolyticus are Gram-negative motile comma-shaped rodes that are facultatively anaerobic. Isolates of V. alginolyticus are divided into (9) positive isolates from Red-eared turtles, and (3) from Green turtles. All tested isolates were positive for catalase, oxidase, indole test, Methyl red, and citrate utilization and Negative for Vogus prosper. The V. alginolyticus strain exhibited major resistance to trimethoprim 5µg, ampicillin10µg, streptomycin 10µg based on the antibiotic sensitivity test, besides the intermediate sensitivity to Tobramycin 10µg, Naldixic acid 30µg and kanamycin (30µg). Furthermore, the bacterium demonstrated high sensitivity to Chloramphenicol 30µg, Tetracycline 30µg, and Ciprofloxacin 5µg. The molecular identification was achieved by utilizing species-specific primers to target the collagenase gene. 

DOI

10.21608/scvmj.2024.241450.1149

Keywords

Vibrio alginolyticus, turtle, Antibiotic sensitivity test, collagenase gene, biochemical tests

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Khafagy

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Affiliation

Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University

Email

dr.ahmedkhafagy@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Atef

Last Name

Kamel

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Wildlife and Zoo Medicine Dept., Faculty of Vet. Med., Suez Canal University

Email

atefkamel1955@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Sayed

Last Name

abouelgheit

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

professor of micribiology at National Institute of oceanography and fisheries

Email

sayedabouelgheit555@gmail.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

nermeen

Last Name

Abu-Elala

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt

Email

nermeen_abuelala@cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Nada

Last Name

Eidaros

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Dep. of Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Email

nadaeidroos@vet.suez.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

fatma

Last Name

abdelrazeq

MiddleName

elzahraa

Affiliation

bacteriology,suez canal university

Email

fatmaabduelrazeq@gmail.com

City

ismailia

Orcid

-

Volume

28

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

42397

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-10-23

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

485

Page End

494

Print ISSN

1110-6298

Online ISSN

2682-3284

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_335537.html

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=335537

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53

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Original Article

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992

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ

Publication Link

https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Bacteriological Studies on Sea Turtles in Suez Governorate

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Created At

24 Dec 2024