Hard-shelled mussel (Mytilus coruscus) is a popular seafood in South Korea because of its delicacy and high nutritional value. Our study aimed to identify antimicrobial and heavy-metal resistance determinants in Aeromonas isolates from marketed hard-shelled mussel in South Korea. A total of 33 Aeromonas species were isolated, and antimicrobial disk diffusion test was done to observe antimicrobial resistance patterns. In addition, broth microdilution test was performed to determine resistance to heavy-metals. PCR amplification was done to detect resistance genes. High resistance to amoxicillin (100.0%), ampicillin (93.9%), rifampicin (78.8%), and cephalothin (48.5%) was observed where least resistance to other antimicrobials was also detected. In addition, the isolates showed high resistance to cadmium (Cd) (57.6%), and 42.4% and 27.3% were resistant to chromium (Cr) and copper (Cu). The occurrence of antimicrobial resistance genes, such as blaTEM, blaSHV, blaCTX-M, tetB, tetE, and intI1 genes, was observed in 9 (27.3%), 8 (24.2%), 8 (24.2%), 6 (18.2%), 5 (15.2%), and 9 (27.3%) isolates, respectively. Also, heavy-metal resistance genes, czcA, copA, and merA were detected in 17 (51.5%), 11 (33.3%), and 7 (21.2%) of the isolates, respectively. The results suggest that mussels are a reservoir of multidrug and heavy-metal-resistant Aeromonas spp.
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