Table 5 The prevalence of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes among isolated P. aeruginosa strains from naturally infected O. niloticus and C. gariepinus.
Gene function | Gene acronym | Prevalence | Statistical analysis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | |||
Virulence genes | oprL | 90 | 100 | Chi-square value = 297.0 P value < .0001 |
toxA | 90 | 100 | ||
exoS | 0 | 0 | ||
phzM | 20 | 22.2 | ||
Antibiotic-resistance Genes | blaTEM | 75 | 83.3 | Chi-square value = 2.4415 P-value 0.2950 |
tetA | 68 | 75.6 | ||
blaCTX-M | 70 | 77.7 | ||
