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Factors such as the spread of drug-resistant strains and the horizontal transfer of drug-resistant genes have led to multi-drug resistance in fish-infecting bacteria, which seriously affects the quality and safety of aquatic products. In this study, 50 samples of horse mackerel and puffer fish sold in Dalian aquatic products market and seafood supermarket were collected, and the phenotypic characteristics of the bacteria carried by the fish for drugs such as sulfonamides, amide alcohols, quinolones, aminoglycosides and tetracyclines were tested and analyzed, and the resistance genes carried by fish samples were detected by SYBG qPCR. Our statistical analyses demonstrated that the drug resistance phenotypes and genotypes of bacteria carried by mariculture horse mackerel and puffer fish in the Dalian area of China were complex, and the multi-drug resistance rate reached 80%. Among the examined antibiotics, the resistance rates to cotrimoxazole, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, levofloxacin, kanamycin, and florfenicol exceeded 50%, whereas the resistance rates to gentamicin and tobramycin were 26 and 16%, respectively. The detection rate of the drug resistance genes tetA, sul1, sul2, qnrA, qnrS, and floR exceeded 70% and all samples carried more than three drug resistance genes. The correlation analysis of drug resistance genes and drug resistance phenotypes showed that the detection of the drug resistance genes sul1, sul2, floR, and qnrD was correlated with the detection of drug resistance phenotypes (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01). However, the correlation between the resistance genes cmlA, cfr, tetA, qnrA, qnrS, and aac(6\u2032)-Ib-cr and the corresponding resistance phenotype was not significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). In general, our findings indicated that the multi-drug resistance of bacteria carried by marine horse mackerel and puffer fish in the Dalian area was serious. From the perspective of drug resistance rate and drug resistance gene detection rate, the aminoglycosides gentamicin and tobramycin are still considered effective in controlling bacterial infection in marine fish in the study area. Collectively, our findings provide a scientific basis for the management of drug use in mariculture, which can prevent the transmission of drug resistance through the food chain and minimize the associated human health risks.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2023.1222847","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,24]],"date-time":"2023-06-24T15:47:54Z","timestamp":1687621674000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Investigation of antibiotic resistance genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of marine aquaculture fish carried in the Dalian area of China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Zihui","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yongzhe","family":"Piao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bing","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chunhua","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaobo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiuyue","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jijuan","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"14847","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-019-51421-4","article-title":"Occurrence of bacterial markers and antibiotic resistance genes in Sub-Saharan rivers receiving animal farm wastewaters","volume":"9","author":"Al Salah","year":"2019","journal-title":"Sci. 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