Title : ( Molecular characterization, genetic diversity and antibacterial susceptibility ofEscherichia coliencoding Shiga toxin 2f in domestic pigeons )
Authors: Mahdi Askari Badouei , Taghi Zahraei Salehi , Koochakzadeh , Kalantari , Tabatabaei ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate prevalence, characteristics, genotypic diversity and antibacterial susceptibility of Escherichia coli encoding Shiga toxin 2f in domestic pigeons in different provinces of Iran. A total of 117 faecal samples were collected from pigeons and were subjected to molecular detection of stx2f. In total, 20, 258, 214 and 9% of pigeons from Tehran, Ferdows, Garmsar and Babol cities carried stx2f+ isolates, respectively. Of the 460 E. coli isolates examined, 43 were stx2f+ and most also carried eae (953%) and astA (977%) genes. Some of the stx2f+ isolates harboured cnf (93%), but all were negative for stx1, stx2 (other subtypes) and ehly. Most Strains (90%) were assigned to B1 phylogroup and possessed Intimin-b. Fingerprinting of the stx2f+ isolates using either enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences (ERIC) or random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) – polymerase chain reaction revealed seven distinct profiles by each method, with one prevailing (651 and 465%, respectively). By the combination of methods, 10 profiles were recognized. Ten isolates from different profiles were shown to belong to O20, O78 and O115 serogroups, and eight were 100% identical in the stx2f gene sequence. The strains were consistently resistant to amoxicillin and lincospectin and commonly resistant to tetracycline (884%) and doxycycline (744%). Overall, the results indicate a limited degree of genetic diversity in stx2fharbouring E. coli from pigeons.
Keywords
, Escherichia coli, molecular epidemiology, phylogroup, Stx2f, virulence.@article{paperid:1095712,
author = {Askari Badouei, Mahdi and Taghi Zahraei Salehi and Koochakzadeh and Kalantari and Tabatabaei},
title = {Molecular characterization, genetic diversity and antibacterial susceptibility ofEscherichia coliencoding Shiga toxin 2f in domestic pigeons},
journal = {Letters in Applied Microbiology},
year = {2014},
volume = {59},
number = {4},
month = {October},
issn = {0266-8254},
pages = {370--376},
numpages = {6},
keywords = {Escherichia coli; molecular epidemiology;
phylogroup; Stx2f; virulence.},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Molecular characterization, genetic diversity and antibacterial susceptibility ofEscherichia coliencoding Shiga toxin 2f in domestic pigeons
%A Askari Badouei, Mahdi
%A Taghi Zahraei Salehi
%A Koochakzadeh
%A Kalantari
%A Tabatabaei
%J Letters in Applied Microbiology
%@ 0266-8254
%D 2014