Research Article

Assessment of the Bacterial Pollution and Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Benin: Case of the Hydrographic Channel Complex Cotonou-Nokoué Lake

Table 3

Resistance and virulence genes found in the genome of Gram-negative bacilli.

Bacterial strainsResistance genesVirulence gene
blaTEMblaSHVblaCTX-M-15fimH

Pseudomonas spp.00/02 (0%)00/02 (0%)00/02 (0%)01/02 (50%)
Klebsiella oxytoca03/03 (100%)02/03 (66.66%)01/03 (33.33%)03/03 (100%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae13/28 (46.42%)7/28 (25%)12/28 (42.85%)14/28 (50%)
Klebsiella spp.04/07 (57.14%)02/07 (28.57%)02/07 (28.57%)03/07 (42.85%)
Enterobacter gergoviae03/05 (60%)03/05 (60%)01/05 (20%)03/05 (60%)
Enterobacter cloaceae04/10 (40%)01/10 (10%)02/10 (20%)03/10 (30%)
Enterobacter diversus00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)01/01 (100%)
Enterobacter spp.08/12 (66.66%)03/12 (25%)07/12 (58.33%)04/12 (33.33%)
Citrobacter diversus00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)01/01 (100%)
Citrobacter freundii01/02 (50%)00/02 (0%)01/02 (50%)01/02 (50%)
Citrobacter gergoviae01/01 (100%)01/01 (100%)00/01 (0%)01/01 (100%)
Citrobacter spp.00/04 (0%)01/04 (25%)00/04 (0%)00/04 (0%)
Escherichia coli01/05 (20%)02/05 (40%)01/05 (20%)01/05 (20%)
Edwarsiella hoshinae00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)00/01 (0%)
Nonenterobacteria03/08 (37.5%)01/08 (12.5%)01/08 (12.5%)00/08 (0%)
Total41/9021/9028/9036/90