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Characterization of Vibrio spp. in environmental water samples collected from flood prone areas of Bangladesh and their antibiotic resistance profile

  • Last cholera epidemic has been recorded in Bangladesh between 1992–1993, while few sporadic localized outbreaks have been reported as recent as 2005. Serotype O1 of Vibrio cholera is considered as the principal causative agent which transmits through contaminated drinking water resulting that epidemic. Therefore, the objective of this research was to isolate V. cholera in 3 different water sources; River, pond and tube-well, in 5 different locations of Gazipur, Bangladesh, and to analyze their antibiogram study. A total of 45 water samples were randomly collected for the isolation and identification of Vibrio spp. Samples are then serially diluted in alkaline peptone water and streak on Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Sucrose-TCBS agar for quantification of V. spp. For V. cholera isolation water samples were first enriched in nutrient broth at 37 °C for 16 hours followed by cultivation in selective media; TCBS agar at 37 °C for 24 hours. Yellow colonies on TCBS agar were screed as V. cholera and was confirmed by analyzing their biochemical characteristics like Catalase, Oxidase, MR, VP, Indole, Sugar fermentation. Following isolation antibiotic sensitivity test was performed on each V. cholera isolates to determine their antibiotic sensitivity profile. The results showed, out of 45 samples 12 contained V. cholera. Tube-well water has significantly lower concentration (log CFU/mL) of V. spp. than river and pond water (P < 0.05). Bacterial concentration doesn't deviate (P > 0.05) significantly in 5 different location the sample was collected from. All the 12 isolates were sensitive to Gentamicin and ciprofloxacin (100%), while Chloramphenicol (91.67%), Sulfamethoxazole (91.67%), Azithromycin (66.67%) showed high sensitivity. Isolates showed marginal sensitivity towards Tetracycline (33.33%), and Cephalexin (16.67%) and 100% resistance against antibiotics like Vancomycin, Penicillin, Erythromycin, and Nalidixic Acid. Based on these data we recommend using tube-well water instead of river and pond water for drinking purposes. Furthermore, we suggest selective use of sensitive antimicrobials listed here for therapeutics of cholera outbreak.

    Citation: Md. Aoulad Hosen, Fozol Korim Ovi, Harunur Rashid, MD. Hasibul Hasan, Md. Abdul Khalek, Mahmudul Hasan, Farhana Easmin, Nazmi Ara Rumi, Mohammad Shariful Islam. Characterization of Vibrio spp. in environmental water samples collected from flood prone areas of Bangladesh and their antibiotic resistance profile[J]. AIMS Microbiology, 2021, 7(4): 471-480. doi: 10.3934/microbiol.2021028

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  • Last cholera epidemic has been recorded in Bangladesh between 1992–1993, while few sporadic localized outbreaks have been reported as recent as 2005. Serotype O1 of Vibrio cholera is considered as the principal causative agent which transmits through contaminated drinking water resulting that epidemic. Therefore, the objective of this research was to isolate V. cholera in 3 different water sources; River, pond and tube-well, in 5 different locations of Gazipur, Bangladesh, and to analyze their antibiogram study. A total of 45 water samples were randomly collected for the isolation and identification of Vibrio spp. Samples are then serially diluted in alkaline peptone water and streak on Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Sucrose-TCBS agar for quantification of V. spp. For V. cholera isolation water samples were first enriched in nutrient broth at 37 °C for 16 hours followed by cultivation in selective media; TCBS agar at 37 °C for 24 hours. Yellow colonies on TCBS agar were screed as V. cholera and was confirmed by analyzing their biochemical characteristics like Catalase, Oxidase, MR, VP, Indole, Sugar fermentation. Following isolation antibiotic sensitivity test was performed on each V. cholera isolates to determine their antibiotic sensitivity profile. The results showed, out of 45 samples 12 contained V. cholera. Tube-well water has significantly lower concentration (log CFU/mL) of V. spp. than river and pond water (P < 0.05). Bacterial concentration doesn't deviate (P > 0.05) significantly in 5 different location the sample was collected from. All the 12 isolates were sensitive to Gentamicin and ciprofloxacin (100%), while Chloramphenicol (91.67%), Sulfamethoxazole (91.67%), Azithromycin (66.67%) showed high sensitivity. Isolates showed marginal sensitivity towards Tetracycline (33.33%), and Cephalexin (16.67%) and 100% resistance against antibiotics like Vancomycin, Penicillin, Erythromycin, and Nalidixic Acid. Based on these data we recommend using tube-well water instead of river and pond water for drinking purposes. Furthermore, we suggest selective use of sensitive antimicrobials listed here for therapeutics of cholera outbreak.



    V. cholera is a gram-negative, facultative, motile anaerobe that secrets a diarrhoeagenic protein called cholera toxin [1]. The organism has over 200 serogroups, but only the O1 and O139 serogroups have been linked to the diarrheal disease commonly known as cholera [2]. In third world countries, the organism typically transmits by drinking contaminated surface water [3], whereas, in developed countries, transmissions are associated with raw or undercooked shellfish consumption [4]. Cholera is a frequent occurrence in Bangladesh, with seasonal outbreaks occurring annually [5]. Since V. cholera is predominantly an aquatic organism, the propagation and epidemiology of these outbreaks are highly influenced by contaminated water sources and flooding. In most rural areas of Bangladesh, access to potable clean drinking water is minimal, especially during annual flooding. A vast majority of the population still drinks untreated surface water in rural areas of the country and most of these annual outbreak buds in those populations.

    Furthermore, underground water sources like tube wells are often submerged and contaminated by flood water during annual flooding. Thus, it is crucial to perform a comparative study of V. cholera contamination among different surface and underground water sources as a part of consistent surveillance operation. Besides, annual cholera outbreaks are often treated with the same group of antibiotics, resulting in a high antibiotic resistance in V. cholera strains against commonly used antibiotics. A yearly evaluation of the antibiotic resistance profile of field strains is necessary for the effective therapeutic use of available antibiotics. Therefore, this research aimed at quantifying V. spp. in different water sources of Bangladesh and evaluating the antibiotic resistance profile of V. cholera to estimate and mitigate the risk of the annual cholera outbreak.

    A total of 45 environmental water samples were aseptically collected from pond, river and tube-well of different designated areas of Gazipur district, Bangladesh (Benupur, Chandabaha, Kaliakoir, Sutrapur and Begunbari). Following collection 4 samples are then serially diluted in alkaline peptone water and streak on selective media of Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose (TCBS) agar, (Hi media, India) and incubated 37 °C for 24 hours. Following incubation, colonies with shiny yellow color and smooth, convex, and slightly flattened texture with opaque centers (Figure 1A, 1B) were used in viable count of V. spp. [6]. For bacteria isolation 1 mL of buffer peptone solution (1:10 dilution) was enriched in nutrient broth at 37 °C for 16 hours and then transferred in selective media (TCBS agar plate) for incubation (37 °C for 24 hours). Then one colony was randomly selected from each plate for biochemical analysis and hemolysis test (Figure 1C, 1D).

    Table 1.  Concentration (µg /disc) of antibiotic disc used for antimicrobial resistance test.
    Antibiotics Symbol Disc concentration (µg /disc)
    Ciprofloxacin (CIP) 5
    Gentamycin (GEN) 10
    Penicillin (P) 10
    Vancomycin (VA) 30
    Cephalexin (CN) 30
    Chloramphenicol (C) 30
    Tetracycline (TE) 30
    Erythromycin (E) 15
    Sulfamethoxazole (SXT) 25
    Nalidixic Acid (NA) 30
    Azithromycin (AZ) 15

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    V. spp. isolated in selective media were confirmed as V. cholera by different biochemical tests Catalase, Oxidase, MR, VP, Indole, glucose, maltose, mannitol and sucrose fermentation) according to the methodology described in [7].

    Table 2.  Bacterial concentration in different sources collected from 5 different locations.
    Sample type Bacterial conc. (Log CFU/mL)
    10−3 DF1 10−4 DF1 10−5 DF1
    River 4.96A 5.89A 6.79a
    Pond 4.98A 5.92A 6.80a
    Tube well 4.86B 5.73B 6.06b
    SEM2 0.028 0.035 0.500
    P value <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001

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    Antibiotic sensitivity test was performed according to Kriby-Bauer disc diffusion method [9] and following the guideline of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute [8]. A total of 11 commercially available antibiotics were used (Table 1) in this research to assess drug susceptibility and resistance of isolated species (Mast diagnostics Mersey side, UK). A single colony of pure culture isolated from the samples was incubated in nutrient broth at 37 °C for 16 hours. Then 0.1 ml of broth was spread on Mueller-Hinton agar plate using a cell spreader and an antibiotic disc was placed on top. The plates were then incubated in 37 °C for 24 hours. After incubation, the zone of inhibition near the discs was measured using a millimeter scale and categorized as resistant or sensitive according to the manufacturer's recommendation (Table 1).

    Table 3.  V. spp. concentration in water samples of 5 different location (Benupur, Chandabadha, Kaliakoir, Sutrapur and Begunbari).
    Sample type DF1 Bacterial concentration in each location (Log CFU/mL)
    Benupur Chandabaha Kaliakoir Sutrapur Begunbari
    River Burigonga 10−3 4.95 5.00 4.93 4.99 4.94
    10−4 5.88 5.93 5.87 5.90 5.88
    10−5 6.79 6.80 6.81 6.81 6.79
    Pond 10−3 4.94 4.99 5.00 4.99 5.00
    10−4 5.90 5.89 5.93 5.90 5.87
    10−5 6.80 6.79 6.80 6.77 6.72
    Tube-well 10−3 4.91 4.86 4.86 4.83 5.00
    10−4 5.81 5.76 5.71 5.68 5.89
    10−5 6.62 6.52 6.46 6.57 7.00

    Average 5.84 5.83 5.82 5.83 5.90
    SEM2 0.261 0.257 0.261 0.259 0.247

    P-value 0.996

    *Note: CFU= colony forming unite, 1DF = Dilution factor, 2SEM= Standard error of mean

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    A total of 5 replicate samples were randomly collected from each of the 5 different locations (Benupur, Chandabaha, Kaliakoir, Sutrapur, Begunbari) of each 3 water sources (river, pond and tube-well). Bacterial concentration in samples were log transformed and subjected to Shapiro-Wilk test for normality analysis. Bartlett's Test was performed to ensure the homogeneity of variance among the collected samples. The bacterial concentration in different water sources and at different locations were analyzed with one-way ANOVA using the GLM procedure of SAS software (version 9.2) under the following model. Yij = µ + Ti + δL + ϵij. Where, Yij = Bacterial concentration in each sample; µ = Overall mean bacterial concentration; Ti = Effect of water source; δL = Blocking effect of location and ϵij = random error. We assumed that the variation within the model, caused by from sampling location are normally distributed with a mean of 0 and a variance of σL2. Random error ϵij of the model is also normally distributed with a mean of 0 and a variance of σ2. Both variances σL2 and σ2 are independent of each other. For data analysis, P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant and when a significant difference is detected, the were subjected to the least significant difference test (LSD) for mean separation.

    Figure 1.  V. spp. on Nutrient's Agar (A), TCBS Agar left the yellow colony and green colony right (B), blood agar hemolytic colony (C), and non-hemolytic colony on blood agar (D).
    Figure 2.  Biochemical test results. Indole test (A), Methyl red test (B), Voges-Proskauer test (C), Simmons citrate test (D), KIA test (E), and MIU test (F).
    Table 4.  Biochemical tests result of 12 isolated strains of V. cholera.
    Tests Results
    R1 R3 R5 R6 R7 P1 P3 P5 P6 T3 T4 T7
    Nit + + + + + + + + + + + +
    Ox + + + + + + - + + + - +
    Ind + + + + - + + + + + + +
    Ci + + + + + + + + + + + +
    MR - - - + - - - + - - - -
    VP + + + + + + + + + + + +
    MIU + + + + + + + - + + + +
    Urease - - - - - - + - - - - -
    KIA Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= - Yb, Ys, G= -H2S= -
    Glucose + + + - + + - + + + - +
    Maltose + + + + + + + + + - + +
    Mannitol + + + + + + + + + + + +
    Sucrose + + + + - + + + + + + +
    Gelatin hydrolysis + + + + + + - + + + + +

    *Note: Legends: SL No.: Serial Number, Nit: Nitrate utilization test, Ox: Oxidase test, In: Indole test, Ci: Citrate test, MR: Methyl Red test, VP: Voges-Proskauer test, MIU: Motility indole urease, KIA: Kinglar iron agar +: positive, -: Negative, Y: Yellow, B: Butt, S: Slant, G: Gas.

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    Viable counts were performed on TCBS agar plate which selects V. spp. based on their sucrose fermentation characteristics and the result is presented in Table 2. There was significantly higher V. spp. in pond and river water than tube-well water (P < 0.001) at all 3 dilution levels (dilution factor: 103, 104 and 105). Bacterial concentration did not vary significantly based on the location of sample collection (P > 0.05) (Table 3).

    Table 5.  Comparative prevalence of V. cholera among the V. spp. isolated from different water sources.
    Bacterial isolate River water Pond water Tube well water Total isolates Percentage (%)
    V. cholera 5 (41.67%) 4 (40%) 3(37.5%) 12 40
    V. parahimulyticus 7 (58.33%) 6 (60%) 5 (62.5%) 18 60
    Total isolates 12 10 8 30

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    Total of 14 biochemical tests were performed on isolates of different samples and the result of those tests are presented in Table 4. Out of the 30 isolates, 12 isolates were positive in nitrate, oxidase, indole, citrate utilization, MR, motility, glucose, sucrose, mannitol, maltose, and gelatin hydrolysis agar test (Figure 2A, 2F). V. spp. were also found to be negative in MR, urease, and kingler iron agar test. Hemolytic characteristics of the isolates were also evaluated to differentiate between V. cholera and V. parahaemolyticus (Figure 1C, 1D). V. cholera are known to cause β-hemolysis whereas V. parahaemolyticus causes α-hemolysis. Based on this characteristic 12 of the initial isolates were classified as V. cholera and remaining 18 was classified as V. parahaemolyticus.

    The comparative prevalence of V. cholera among the V. spp. isolated from different water sources are presented in Table 5. River water had the highest prevalence of V. cholera (5 out of 12 isolates; 41.67%) whereas, tube-well water had the lowest prevalence (3 out of 8; 37.5%).

    Table 6.  Outcome of antibiotic sensitivity test of 12 V. cholera isolates obtained from different water samples.
    Isolate GEN CIP CN VA P C TE E NA AZ SXT
    R1 S S S R R S S I I S S
    R3 S S S R R S S R R S S
    R5 S S S I R S I R R S S
    R6 S S S R R S I I R R S
    R7 S S S R R R R R R S S
    P1 S S S R R S R R R S S
    P3 S S S R R S R R R S M
    P5 S S S R R I I R R S S
    P6 S S I I I S I R R R S
    T3 S S I R R S S I R S S
    T4 S S R R R S S I R S S
    T7 S S R I R S I R R S S

    *Note: GEN: Gentamycin, CIP: Ciprofloxacin, CN: Cephalexin, VA: Vancomycin, P: Penicillin, C: Chloramphenicol, TE: Tetracycline, E: Erythromycin, NA: Nalidixic Acid, AZ: Azithromycin, SXT: Sulfamethoxazole, R: River, P; Pond; T; Tap, s: Sensitive and r: Resistance. R1, R3, R5, R6, R7 are the V. cholera isolates collected from rivers, P1, P3, P5 and P6 are the V. cholera isolates collected from pond, T3, T4 and T7 are the V. cholera isolates collected from tube-well.

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    The results of antibiotic sensitivity test performed on 12 V. cholera isolates are presented in Table 6. The antibiotic sensitivity profiles of those isolates have been compiled in Table 7. All 12 isolates showed 100% sensitivity toward Gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. All the isolates showed multidrug resistance (Table 6). However, these isolates were susceptible to Chloramphenicol (91.67%), and Sulfamethoxazole (91.67%). Azithromycin (66.67%). Tetracycline (33.33%), and Cephalexin (16.67%) had moderate to low sensitivity. All 12 isolates showed 100% resistance toward Penicillin, Vancomycin, Erythromycin, and Nalidixic Acid. This result is congruent with the study of [10] performed in neighboring country Nepal, where they found their isolates sensitive to Ciprofloxacin, Ampicillin, and resistant to Nalidixic acid. However, unlike this study, their isolates also showed higher sensitivity toward Erythromycin and Tetracycline. The majority of resistance in environmental species are thought to have originated from historically resistant organisms. As a result, it's essential to keep track of both the frequency and the antimicrobial resistance profile of V. cholera to identify the high-risk water sources. To minimize the risk of cholera transmission through contaminated water, we recommend screening various water sources against this pathogenic bacteria before using it for washing, drinking and irrigation. Vulnerable populations, especially farmers in rural areas, should take appropriate precautions to avoid cholera transmission through water [11]. There were some limitations to our research. Due to the funding constrain, a limited number of samples were collected, which might not be sufficient to draw a precise conclusion. Our analysis still lacks molecular characterization of the isolates, which might have strengthened our conclusion.

    Table 7.  Antibiotic sensitivity profile of 12 isolates V. spp. obtained from different water samples.
    Organism Antibiotics Susceptibility (%) Resistance (%)
    V. cholera Gentamycin (GEN) 12(100%) 0(0%)
    Ciprofloxacin (CIP) 12(100%) 0(0%)
    Cephalexin (CN) 2(16.67%) 10(83.33%)
    Vancomycin (VA) 0(0%) 12(100%)
    Penicillin (P) 0(0%) 12(100%)
    Chloramphenicol (C) 11(91.67%) 1(8.33%)
    Tetracycline (TE) 4(33.33%) 8(66.67%)
    Erythromycin (E) 0(0%) 12(100%)
    Sulfamethoxazole (SXT) 11(91.67%) 1(8.33%)
    Nalidixic Acid (NA) 0(0%) 12(100%)
    Azithromycin (AZ) 8(66.67%) 4(33.33%)

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    Based on the data of our experiment we conclude that V. cholera is endemic to the surface water sources like pond and river in Gazipur region of Bangladesh. Underground water like tube well has comparatively lower concentration of V. cholera Antibiotics like, Gentamicin, Ciprofloxacin, Chloramphenicol, Sulfamethoxazole and Azithromycin are highly effective against the V. cholera isolates collected in this study. We suggest the application of these antibiotics in therapeutics of annual cholera outbreak. Furthermore, we highly recommend prioritizing underground water over surface water as drinking water source.


    Acknowledgments



    Department of Microbiology, Gono Bishwabidalay, Savar, Bangladesh, supported this research project. All authors listed in this paper, was fully involved in the research and they contributed their full efforts, and revised the manuscript before final submission.

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    The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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    Md. Aoulad Hosen contributed as first author and was responsible for conception, experiment design, data collection and writing of the manuscript. Fozol Korim Ovi contributed in data analysis, statistics, and writing of the manuscript. Farhana Easmin and Nazmi Ara Rumi helps to write manuscript and correction also. Harunur Rashid, and MD. Hasibul Hasan contributed in performing research, data collection and data input for this manuscript. Md. Abdul Khalek, Mahmudul Hasan, Mohammad Shariful Islam had key role in data collection.

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