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Rev. Soc. Venez. Microbiol ; 36(1): 16-22, jun. 2016. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-842861

ABSTRACT

La contaminación por metales pesados (MP) constituye un problema creciente para la salud pública. La utilización de bioindicadores permite evaluar el impacto de la contaminación antrópica. En este estudio se evaluaron 730 cepas de Enterococcus provenientes de diferentes fuentes de la comarca VIRCh-Valdés (Provincia de Chubut), mediante la prueba de sensibilidad a Pb++ por el método de dilución en placa, a concentraciones comprendidas entre 50 mg/L y 1.200 mg/L. De las cepas evaluadas, 223 exhibieron resistencia a plomo a concentraciones ≥ 50 mg/L. Dentro de este grupo se seleccionaron 22 aislados altamente resistentes a plomo (≥ 800 mg/L) con el objetivo de evaluar su resistencia a otros metales pesados, resistencia a antibióticos y determinar sus factores de virulencia. Todas las cepas seleccionadas mostraron alta sensibilidad a Hg++, un patrón variable de resistencia frente a Cd++ y Cr+6 y resistencia moderada a Ni++. Las cepas resultaron susceptibles a ampicilina y penicilina, y presentaron un patrón variable de resistencia a los restantes antibióticos ensayados. Entre los factores de virulencia, se detectó actividad de gelatinasa en dos cepas y sólo una cepa exhibió actividad hemolítica. Estos resultados sugieren una relación entre la resistencia a metales pesados, resistencia a antibióticos y factores de virulencia en cepas de Enterococcus aisladas del medio ambiente.


Contamination by heavy metals is a growing problem for public health and the use of bio-indicators are means for assessing anthropogenic pollution. In this study 730 Enterococcus strains were isolated from different sources of the region VIRCh - Valdés (Province of Chubut) were tested for sensibility to Pb++ by the plate dilution method at concentrations ranging from 50 mg/L to 1200 mg/L. A total of 223 strains displayed resistance to lead at concentration ≥ 50 mg/L. Among this group, and on the basis of its high resistance to lead (≥ 800 mg/L), 22 strains were selected with the goal to determine antibiotic and heavy metal resistance pattern and also the presence of virulence traits. All isolates showed high sensibility to Hg++, a variable pattern against Cd++ and Cr+6, and moderate resistance to Ni++. The strains were all susceptible to ampicillin and penicillin and displayed a variable pattern of resistance towards the remaining antibiotics assayed. Among the virulence traits determined, gelatinase production was detected in 2 strains and only one isolate showed hemolytic activity. The results obtained in this work suggest a relationship between heavy metal resistance, antibiotic resistance and virulence factors in Enterococcus strains isolated from the environment.

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