Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance of Environmental and Clinical Species Isolated from Fresh Water Ornamental Fish and Associated Farming Environment in Sri Lanka.

The aims of this study were to characterize and investigate antimicrobial susceptibility and presence of integrons in 161 spp. isolated from ornamental freshwater fish farming environment, apparently healthy and diseased fish. Phylogenetic analyses of the gene sequences identified as the most abundant species (75.