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The gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) as an environmental bioindicator and reservoir for antibiotic resistance on the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2014
Hasan Badrul, Melhus Åsa, Sandegren Linus, Alam Munirul, Olsen Björn
Abstract excerpt
The presence and frequency of multiresistant bacteria in wild birds act as indicators of the environmental contamination of antibiotic resistance. To explore the rate of contamination mediated by Escherichia coli, 150 fecal samples from the brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) and 8 water samples from the Bay of Bengal area were collected, cultured, and tested for antibiotic susceptibility. Special...
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