Investigation for the presence of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in sea snails ().

Introduction And Objective: The aims of this study were to search for the presence of bacteria in sea snails () by using culturomics and Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), and the antibiotic resistance/susceptibility of the sea snails.

Material And Methods: The anti-microbial susceptibilities of Gram-negative bacteriawas assessed by the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method, the presence of the genes (mcr-1 to -5), the major carbapenemase and β-lactamase resistant genes in Gram-negative bacteria, using mPCR method and 16S rRNA sequence analysis of isolates.

Results: Bacterial growth accounted for 100% and 94.