Occurrence and Distribution of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated in Gaoqiao Mangrove Wetland, China

Abstract

Background: Antibiotic usage is very popular in the clinical treatment to infective diseases resulting in the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antibiotics are also extensively utilized in mariculture along the coastal area including the mangroves, however, the frequent usage of antimicrobial agents can induce to the bacterial resistance, and no research on this is found to date, as a result, the occurrence and distribution was investigated in Gaoqiao mangrove wetland, China in this research. Abstract Objective: To investigate the occurrence and distribution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Gaoqiao mangrove wetland, China, and access the potential effect of mangrove forest on antibiotic resistance. Materials and Methods: The standard disc-diffusion method was employed to analyze the bacteria resistance to 12 antibiotics isolated from Gaoqiao mangrove area. Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) for bacteria was calculated.