Figure 1.
Location of the fish farm and of the sampling stations.
The map is from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/, image courtesy Jesse Allen.
Table 1.
Control strains used in PCR assays.
Table 2.
Primer pairs used to detect resistance genes in PCR assays.
Figure 2.
Abundance of benthic enterococci.
Enterococcal abundance in the farm sediments and at the control site was determined by qPCR before and after incubation with antibiotic-supplemented BHI broth. A, St. 1; B, St. 2 and C, St. 3. *Not detectable i.e.<LOD of the qPCR assay.
Table 3.
Resistance genes detected before and after sediment incubation in antibiotic-supplemented BHI broth.