Enterococcus spp. Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Drugs and Determination of Fecal Contamination Levels in Mangrove Oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorae)

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine and compare the Most Probable Number (MPN) of Total Coliforms (TC), Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. and to characterize the antimicrobial resistance profiles of Enterococcus spp. isolated from oysters collected in the Barra de Guaratiba Mangrove...

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Published in:	Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Main Authors:	Cynthia Annes Rubião, Robson Maia Franco, Eliana de Fátima Marques de Mesquita, Marco Antonio Lemos Miguel, Claudius Couto Cabral, Ana Beatriz Monteiro Fonseca
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2017-07-01
Subjects:	water pollution Escherichia coli Enterococcus spp. antimicrobial resistance bivalve molluscs
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132017000100308&tlng=en