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Application of NaCl-supplemented antimicrobial susceptibility testing conditions to marine bacterial isolates
Daegyu Lee, Jin Lee, Hye Won Hong, Tatsuya Unno, Dukki Han
J. Microbiol. 2026;64(9):e2606005.   Published online September 30, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2606005
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in marine environments remains difficult to assess under standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing conditions, which may not adequately reflect the physiological requirements of marine-derived bacteria. In this study, we applied NaCl-supplemented susceptibility testing conditions to bacterial isolates recovered from coastal environments and marine organism guts to evaluate their practical applicability and limitations. A total of 927 isolates were obtained from lagoon, seawater, soil, and gut samples of abalone, crab, eel, halibut, and salmon. Of these, 365 isolates grew on standard Mueller–Hinton (MH) medium, whereas 562 isolates were not evaluable under standard MH conditions. Taxonomic analysis showed that the isolate collection was dominated by Proteobacteria and Firmicutes, with Vibrio as the most abundant genus. Disk diffusion assays of the 365 MH-grown isolates revealed differences in screening-level reduced susceptibility profiles among sample groups, and putative multidrug resistance was frequently observed in Vibrio isolates from abalone and seawater. For isolates not evaluable under standard MH conditions, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) analysis was performed using 2% NaCl-supplemented MH broth. Under these conditions, 115 isolates showed stable growth and distinct antibiotic-dependent MIC profiles. Chloramphenicol and tetracycline inhibited most isolates at relatively low concentrations, whereas reduced susceptibility to penicillin was relatively high in isolates from seawater, abalone, and eel. Overall, these findings suggest that standard MH conditions alone may be insufficient for evaluating antibiotic responses in marine- and brackish-origin bacteria, and that 2% NaCl-supplemented MH broth can serve as a practical supplementary condition for selected marine-derived isolates.

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The Influence of NaCl and Carbonylcyanide-m-Chlorophenylhydrazone on the Production of Extracellular Proteases in a Marine Vibrio Strain
Young Jae Kim
J. Microbiol. 2004;42(2):156-159.
DOI: https://doi.org/2028 [pii]
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In general, the salinity of the ocean is close to 3.5% and marine vibrios possess the respiratory chainlinked Na+ pump. The influence of sodium chloride and the proton conductor carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) on the production of extracellular proteases in a marine Vibrio strain was examined. At the concentration of 0.5 M, sodium chloride minimally inhibited the activity of extracellular proteases by approximately 16%, whereas at the same concentration, the producton of extracellular proteases was severely inhibited. On the other hand, the production of extracellular proteases was completely inhibited by the addition of 2 μM CCCP at pH 8.5, where the respiratory chain-linked Na^+ pump functions.

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