An overview of fish pathogenic bacteria and the effect of medicinal plants against

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial diseases in aquaculture has caused the emergence of drug resistance in bacterial strains and reduced the effectiveness of drugs, in addition, it has caused the accumulation of antibiotics in the body of fish and fish consumers. Therefore, it seems necessary to replace less harmful substances, including plant products. The aim of this study is to review fish pathogenic bacteria and the effect of medicinal plants on them.

In this study, valid scientific articles indexed in ISI, SID, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science databases were examined using Persian keywords drug resistance, fish pathogenic bacteria, medicinal plants.

A review of the studies shows that medicinal plants and their compounds are able to destroy fish pathogenic bacteria and infections caused by them in different concentrations.

According to the obtained results, medicinal plants can be suggested for the treatment of infections caused by fish pathogenic bacteria.