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Analysis of adult damselfly fecal material aids in the estimation of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales contamination of the local environment
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| Title: | Analysis of adult damselfly fecal material aids in the estimation of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales contamination of the local environment |
| Authors: | Yamaguchi, Yuyu Browse this author | | Okubo, Torahiko Browse this author | | Matsushita, Mizue Browse this author | | Wataji, Masashi Browse this author | | Iwasaki, Sumio Browse this author | | Hayasaka, Kasumi Browse this author | | Akizawa, Kouzi Browse this author | | Matsuo, Junji Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Shimizu, Chikara Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Antibiotic-resistant bacteria | | Fecal material | | Damselfly | | Sapporo | | Local environments | | Enterobacterales |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2018 |
| Publisher: | PeerJ |
| Journal Title: | Peerj |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Start Page: | e5755 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.5755 |
| PMID: | 30356992 |
| Abstract: | Because damselflies are ubiquitously but focally present in natural environments and play a critical role as predators of other insect species, the fecal matter of damselflies may be useful for investigating antibiotic-resistant bacterial populations, including human pathogens, in local environments. We therefore examined the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including Enterobacterales, in fecal material from 383 damselflies (adults and larvae) collected from seven locations around Sapporo City, Japan, in 2016 and 2017. Fecal samples were plated on soybean casein digest (SCD) agar plates with and without antibiotics (SCD-A and SCD-w/o, respectively) to identify environmental bacteria and gut bacteria, respectively, and on MacConkey agar plates with antibiotics (MacConkey-A) to select for Gram-negative bacteria, including human pathogenic Enterobacterales species. The prevalence of colonies on each of the plates was compared, and representative colonies on MacConkey-A plates were identified to the species level using an API 20E kit and the MALDI Biotyper system. Overall, SCD-w/o plates showed a gut bacterial load of approximately 108 colony-forming units per adult damselfly or larva. There was a significant difference between the prevalence of colonies on the SCD-A and MacConkey-A plates, and a significantly increased prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on MacConkey-A plates was observed in samples collected from Shinoroshinkawa. Cluster analysis based on minimum inhibitory concentration values of 59 representative isolates from MacConkey-A agar plates revealed that samples from Shinoroshinkawa contained a higher prevalence of Enterobacterales than those from other sampling locations. Thus, fecal materials discharged by adult damselflies could be used in future studies as a simple tool for estimating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including Enterobacterales species, in the local environment. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/72036 |
| Appears in Collections: | 保健科学院・保健科学研究院 (Graduate School of Health Sciences / Faculty of Health Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 山口 博之
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