Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine microbiota in the cloacal samples of European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and to compare a variety of genes encoding antimicrobial resistance in cultivable and non-cultivable bacteria. Material and Methods: Cloacal samples from European herring gulls were collected from a Kaunas city dump. Cultivable microbiota were isolated, their microbial susceptibility was tested, and genes encoding antimicrobial resistance were detected. Additionally, a metagenomic study was performed using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). Results: In total, 697 different operational taxonomic units at genus level were detected; however, only 63 taxonomic units were detected at the amount of ≥0.1% of the total number of DNA copies. Catellicoccus marimammalium was found to have the highest prevalence. The bacterial amount of other genera was up to 5% with the most highly prevalent being Psychrobacter (4.7%), Helicobacter (4.5%), unclassified Enterococcaceae (3.2%), Pseudomonas (2.9%), and Brachyspira (2.6%). Conclusions: C. marimammalium are predominant microbiota in the cloacal samples of Larus argentatus. This species of gulls is a reservoir of bacteria carrying a wide-spectrum of genes encoding antimicrobial resistance. The same genes were detected in both cultivable microbiota and in the total DNA of the samples.

Introduction: In the present study, some of the commercial fish farms located in the Black Sea region of Turkey, were screened for bacteria between 2012 and 2014.Material and Methods: The bacterial agents isolated from fish were identified by classical biochemical tests and the rapid diagnostic tests (API 20 E and API 20 Strep). All strains were further identified by sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes. The strains were also investigated for resistance to different antimicrobials by the disc diffusion method. Antibiotic resistance genes, including tetracycline (B), β-lactam (ampC, blaTEM, blaPSE), florfenicol (floR), erythromycine (ereA, ereB), sulphonamide (sulI, sulII), and trimethoprim (dhfr1) genes, were determined by the PCR method.Results:Vibrio anguillarum, Vibrio fluvialis, Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida, Pseudomonas luteola, Lactococcus garvieae, Streptococcus iniae, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Yersinia ruckeri were isolated from marine and freshwater cultured fish. According to the results of disc diffusion, all isolates were sensitive to florfenicol, trimethoprim+sulfamethoxazole, oxitetracycline, and enrofloxacin, and resistant to lincomycin, penicillin G, and amoxicillin. Also, sulI, sulII, and floR resistance genes were detected in the bacteria.Conclusion: The results of the study open up the opportunity to perform further investigations which could determine the possible role of ARGs in fish pathogens.

The microscopic brush border membrane adherence assay was used to determine resistance (nonadherence) and susceptibility adherence) of Chinese pigs (n = 289) to the K88ac+ strain of Escherichia coli-mediated disease. This study estimates prevalence of resistance to diarrheal disease in multiple family lines (no common ancestry for a minimum of 3 generations) for the Chinese Meishan, Fengjing, and Minzhu breeds. Results of in vitro assays indicate that pigs of the Meishan breed are highly resistant (nonadherent) to K88ac+ E coli-mediated disease. The gene conferring susceptibility to K88ac+ E coli-mediated disease exists at low frequency in pigs of the Minzhu breed. Minzhu-type (crossbred) pigs of both phenotypes (susceptible and resistant) were identified in ratios consistent with a 1-locus gene model. Given that all susceptible pigs were from 1 site, frequency of susceptibility within this Minzhu population is estimated at 8%. Inheritance within the Fengjing breed is still unclear because a weakly adherent phenotype, as well as the resistant phenotype, was identified. The weakly adherent phenotype was observed in pigs derived from multiple family lines. Expression of the weakly adherent phenotype in terms of susceptibility to disease is not known at this time.