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Investigation for the presence of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in sea snails (Rapana venosa)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2023 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Gökben Özbey, Elif Seren Tanrıverdi, Asiye Başusta, Yashvanth Shaan Lakshmanappa, Barış Otlu, František Zigo

Summary

Researchers investigated bacterial communities and antimicrobial resistance genes in the gut and meat of sea snails (Rapana venosa) collected from the Black Sea. The study found diverse bacterial isolates with varying antibiotic susceptibility profiles but confirmed the absence of carbapenemase, colistin, and beta-lactamase resistance genes among gut microbes.

Conclusions. The findings obtained not only provide data about the proportion of bacteria in the gut and meat of the sea snails and their antibiotic resistance/susceptibility, but also show the absence of carbapenemase, colistin, and β-lactamase resistant genes among bacterial isolates from sea snail gut microbes.

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