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Biofilms and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of escherichia coli recovered from wastewater treatment plants in kakamega municipality, Kenya [electronic resource].

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Boge, Evans Anubi

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Language: English Summary language: Arabic Description: p. 25-34Uniform titles:

Egyptian journal of microbiology, 2021 v.56 (1) [electronic resource].

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Escherichia coli

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In: Egyptian Journal of Microbiology 2021.v.56(1)Summary: Studies have demonstrated high levels of ampicillin resistance among Escherichia coli occurring in wastewater and environmental systems in western Kenya. The current study investigated antimicrobial resistance profiles and biofilm formation abilities in presence and absence of sub-lethal ampicillin concentrations, of E. coli recovered from final sedimentation ponds of two wastewater treatment plants in Kakamega municipality. 34 non-duplicate E. coli isolates were recovered by direct plating of wastewater sample aliquots on MacConkey agar and their biofilm formation capabilities measured by crystal violet assay while disc diffusion and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) techniques were used to determine their antibiotic resistance levels and ampicillin resistance genes respectively. The Spearman’s Chi-square test at P? 0.05 was used to check for interdependence between antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation capabilities. 58.8% of the isolates were multi-drug resistant (MDR) and 85.3% showed resistance to ampicillin, which was found to be encoded by blaTEM in 65% and blaSHV in 8.8%. The biofilm phenotype was exhibited by 61.8% of all the isolates, amongst which 23.6% showed a strong, 14.7% a moderate and 23.6% a weak propensity to form biofilms. This study revealed lack of association between antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation, but interestingly, ampicillin concentration of 8.0?g/ml triggered the highest biofilm biomass among the isolates. The findings drive at the conclusion that biofilm production among E. coli in wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs) does not correlate with antibiotic resistance, but may be an important protection mechanism against sub-lethal antimicrobial levels present in environmental milieu. Keywords: Ampicillin resistance genes, Biofilms, Escherichia coli, Wastewater treatment plants

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Studies have demonstrated high levels of ampicillin resistance among Escherichia coli occurring in wastewater and environmental systems in western Kenya.
The current study investigated antimicrobial resistance profiles and biofilm formation abilities in presence and absence of sub-lethal ampicillin
concentrations, of E. coli recovered from final sedimentation ponds of two wastewater treatment plants in Kakamega municipality. 34 non-duplicate
E. coli isolates were recovered by direct plating of wastewater sample aliquots on MacConkey agar and their biofilm formation capabilities measured
by crystal violet assay while disc diffusion and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) techniques were used to determine their antibiotic resistance levels
and ampicillin resistance genes respectively. The Spearman’s Chi-square test at P? 0.05 was used to check for interdependence between antimicrobial
resistance and biofilm formation capabilities. 58.8% of the isolates were multi-drug resistant (MDR) and 85.3% showed resistance to ampicillin,
which was found to be encoded by blaTEM in 65% and blaSHV in 8.8%. The biofilm phenotype was exhibited by 61.8% of all the isolates,
amongst which 23.6% showed a strong, 14.7% a moderate and 23.6% a weak propensity to form biofilms. This study revealed lack of association
between antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation, but interestingly, ampicillin concentration of 8.0?g/ml triggered the highest biofilm biomass
among the isolates. The findings drive at the conclusion that biofilm production among E. coli in wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs) does not correlate
with antibiotic resistance, but may be an important protection mechanism against sub-lethal antimicrobial levels present in environmental milieu.
Keywords: Ampicillin resistance genes, Biofilms, Escherichia coli, Wastewater treatment plants

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