Table 3. Antibiotic resistance profiles in enterococci isolated from fecal samples of Heliconius erato phyllis caterpillars.
| Femalea | Species (n) | Number (%) of resistant strainsb | Profilesc | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERY | CIP | NOR | RIF | SR | DR | MDR | |||
| HEAB2 | E. faecalis (2) | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | |
| E. casseliflavus (83) | 25 (30) | 4 (5) | 8 (10) | 70 (84) | 48 (58) | 21 (25) | 5 (6) | ||
| E. mundtii (13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| HEV2 | E. casseliflavus (42) | 27 (64) | 0 | 0 | 23 (55) | 28 (67) | 11 (26) | 0 | |
| E. mundtii (19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococcus sp. (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 0 | 0 | ||
| HES2 | E. casseliflavus (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E. mundtii (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococcus sp. (3) | 1 (33) | 1 (33) | 0 | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | 0 | 1 (33) | ||
| Total (178) | 55 (31) | 5 (3) | 8 (4) | 100 (56) | 80 (45) | 34 (19) | 6 (3) | ||
Notes.
a
HEAB2, female from Águas Belas; HEV2, female from Viamão; HES2, female from São Francisco de Paula.
b
Antibiotics: ERY, erythromycin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; NOR, norfloxacin; RIF, rifampicin.
c
Profiles: SR, single resistant; DR, double resistant; MDR, multidrug resistant.