Macrobrachium amazonicum: an alternative for microbiological monitoring of aquatic environments in Brazil / Macrobrachium amazonicum: uma alternativa para o monitoramento microbiológico de ambientes aquáticos no Brasil
Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira; Paiva, Manoelde Araújo Neto; Sampaio, Célia Maria de Souza; Teixeira, Carlos Eduardo Cordeiro; Ribeiro, Joyce Fonteles; Castelo-Branco, Débora de Souza Collares Maia; Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes; Monteiro, André Jalles; Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar; Sidrim, José Júlio Costa; Monteiro, Frederico Ozanan Barros; Moreira, José Luciano Bezerra; Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha.
Ci. Rural
; 44(11): 2029-2034, Nov. 2014. tab, ilus
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This study aimed to evaluate the role of the Amazon River prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum, as carrier of Candida spp., by analyzing the correlation between Candida spp. from these prawns and their environment (surface water and sediment), through M13-PCR fingerprinting and RAPD-PCR. For this purpose, 27 strains of Candida spp. were evaluated. These strains were recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of adult M. amazonicum (7/27) from Catú Lake, Ceará State, Brazil and from the aquatic environment (surface water and sediment) of this lake (20/27). Molecular comparison between the strains from prawns and the aquatic environment was conducted by M13-PCR fingerprinting and RAPD-PCR, utilizing the primers M13 and OPQ16, respectively. The molecular analysis revealed similarities between the band patterns of eight Candida isolates with the primer M13 and 11 isolates with the primer OPQ16, indicating that the same strains are present in the digestive tract of M. amazonicum and in the aquatic environment where these prawns inhabit. Therefore, these prawns can be used as sentinels for environmental monitoring through the recovery of Candida spp. from the aquatic environment in their gastrointestinal tract.(AU)
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