IDENTIFICATION OF ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS BACTERIA RESISTANT TO HEAVY METALS AND ANTIBIOTICS IN SURFACE WATERS OF THE MOLOLOA RIVER IN TEPIC, NAYARIT, MEXICO
Heavy metal and antibiotic resistance have been shown to have a strong correlation in nature, and their inter-relation is an important subject of study. We report an analysis of surface waters of the Mololoa River in the municipality of Tepic, state of Nayarit, Mexico. This river has two distinctive...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional Aramara de la UAN |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dspace.uan.mx:123456789/1961 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dspace.uan.mx:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1961 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Enterococcus faecalis Resistencia a los metales pesados Resistencia a los antibióticos Efluente de confinamiento de basura Río Mololoa Heavy metal resistance Antibiotics resistance Trash confinement effluent Mololoa River MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD [3] |
| Sumario: | Heavy metal and antibiotic resistance have been shown to have a strong correlation in nature, and their inter-relation is an important subject of study. We report an analysis of surface waters of the Mololoa River in the municipality of Tepic, state of Nayarit, Mexico. This river has two distinctive sources of contamination: sewage waters and trash confinements. Our findings demonstrate a correlation between the river flow pattern and resistance to heavy metals or to heavy metals and antibiotics in isolated bacteria of the genus Enterococcus, specifically Enterococcus faecalis. The Mololoa River provides a model to study the relationship between water flow and generation of biodiversity, and more importantly, it constitutes a model for studying genetic diversity of bacteria affecting human health. |
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