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Article Dans Une Revue FEMS Microbiology Ecology Année : 2009

Occurrence ofantibiotic resistance and class1, 2 and 3 integrons in Escherichia coli isolated froma densely populated estuary (Seine, France)

E. Laroche
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B. Pawlak
Thierry Berthe
F. Petit

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Over 6 years, Escherichia coli were isolated from water samples from seven Seine estuary stations, characterized by a densely populated watershed (654 isolates). Resistances of these E. coli to 16 antibiotics were determined and compared with the same resistances in E. coli isolated from a small stream (120 isolates) and from the treated effluent of the largest estuary wastewater treatment plant (123 isolates). Between 30.2% and 56.6% of the estuary isolates were resistant, whatever the station or time of sampling; of these, 60.5–80% were resistant to at least two and up to 12 antibiotics. In the three contrasting sites, resistances to tetracycline, amoxicillin and ticarcillin were the commonest. DNA was extracted from 279 estuary isolates (January 2006) and class 1, 2 and 3 integrons were detected by multiplex real-time PCR and confirmed by classic PCR. IntI1 and intI2 genes were found in 11% of isolates. No intI3 gene was detected. The variable regions of the class 1 and 2 integrons sequenced contained predominantly gene cassettes aadA and dfr. However, for slightly over half of the E. coli isolates exhibiting the class 1 integron, the variable region could not be amplified, because part of the 30 conserved sequence was missing.

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hal-00436572 , version 1 (27-11-2009)

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E. Laroche, B. Pawlak, Thierry Berthe, D. Skurnik, F. Petit. Occurrence ofantibiotic resistance and class1, 2 and 3 integrons in Escherichia coli isolated froma densely populated estuary (Seine, France). FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2009, 68 (1), pp.118-130. ⟨10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00655.x⟩. ⟨hal-00436572⟩
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