Genomic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in 61 aquatic bacterial isolates.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogens important to aquatic animal health is of increasing concern but vastly understudied. Antimicrobial therapy is used to both treat and prevent bacterial disease in fish and is critical for a viable aquaculture industry and for maintenance of wild fish populations. Unfortunately, phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing is technically difficult for bacteria recovered from aquatic animal hosts resulting in challenges in resistance monitoring using traditional methods. Whole-genome sequencing provides an appealing methodology for investigation of putative resistance. As part of the ongoing efforts of the FDA CVM Vet-LIRN to monitor AMR, source laboratories cultured and preliminarily identified pathogenic bacteria isolated from various fish spec

SUBMITTER: Eckstrand CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11110781 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature