Prevalence and Characteristics of Salmonella in the Beef Chain in the Republic of Ireland     

B. K. Khen  O. A. Lynch  J. Carroll  D. A. McDowell  G. Duffy 《Zoonoses and public health》2014,61(8):534-536

The study investigated the prevalence, concentration and characteristics of Salmonella spp. in the Irish beef chain. A total of 900 samples including bovine hides, carcasses and ground beef were examined for the pathogen over a 2‐year study (July 2007–June 2009). Salmonella prevalence was low in all sample types; bovine hide (0.75%, 3 of 400); carcasses (0.25%, 1 of 400); and ground beef (3%, 3 of 100). All positive samples contained the pathogen in low concentrations (<10 CFU per cm² or per g). Serovars recovered were S. Dublin from hide and carcasses and S. Braenderup in ground beef. All isolates were susceptible to 13 anti‐microbials. The study highlights that Salmonella can be found at low levels at all stages of beef chain production, processing and retail and that there is a need for multiple hurdle interventions and practices along the beef chain, which will reduce consumer exposure to this pathogen.  相似文献   

Occurrence,Virulence Genes and Antibiotic Resistance of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from Twelve Bovine Farms in the North‐East of Ireland     

D. J. Bolton  C. Ennis  D. McDowell 《Zoonoses and public health》2014,61(2):149-156

Cattle faecal samples (n = 480) were collected from a cluster of 12 farms, and PCR screened for the presence of the intimin gene (eae). Positive samples were cultured, and colonies were examined for the presence of eae and verocytotoxin (vtx) genes. Colonies which were positive for the intimin gene and negative for the verocytotoxin genes were further screened using PCR for a range of virulence factors including bfpA, espA, espB, tir ehxA, toxB, etpD, katP, saa, iha, lpfA_{O157/OI‐141} and lpfA_{O157/OI‐154.} Of the 480 faecal samples, 5.8% (28/480) were PCR positive, and one isolate was obtained from each. All 28 isolates obtained were bfpA negative and therefore atypical EPEC (aEPEC). The serotypes detected included O2:H27, O8:H36, O15:H2, O49:H+, O84:H28, O105:H7 and O132:H34 but half of the isolates could not be serogrouped using currently available antisera. Twenty‐two (79%) of the isolates carried the tir gene but only 25% were espB positive, and all other virulence genes tested for were scarce or absent. Several isolates showed intermediate resistance to ciprofloxacin, kanamycin, nalidixic acid, minocycline and tetracycline; full resistance to nalidixic acid or tetracycline with one isolate (O?:H8) displaying resistance to aminoglycosides (kanamycin and streptomycin), quinolones (nalidixic acid) and sulphonamides. This study provides further evidence that cattle are a potential source of aEPEC and add to the very limited data currently available on virulence genes and antibiotic resistance in this pathogenic E. coli group in animals.  相似文献   

Biosynthetic Modularity Rules in the Bisintercalator Family of Antitumor Compounds     

Javier Fernández  Laura Marín  Raquel álvarez-Alonso  Saúl Redondo  Juan Carvajal  Germán Villamizar  Claudio J. Villar  Felipe Lombó 《Marine drugs》2014,12(5):2668-2699

Diverse actinomycetes produce a family of structurally and biosynthetically related non-ribosomal peptide compounds which belong to the chromodepsipeptide family. These compounds act as bisintercalators into the DNA helix. They give rise to antitumor, antiparasitic, antibacterial and antiviral bioactivities. These compounds show a high degree of conserved modularity (chromophores, number and type of amino acids). This modularity and their high sequence similarities at the genetic level imply a common biosynthetic origin for these pathways. Here, we describe insights about rules governing this modular biosynthesis, taking advantage of the fact that nowadays five of these gene clusters have been made public (thiocoraline, triostin, SW-163 and echinomycin/quinomycin). This modularity has potential application for designing and producing novel genetic engineered derivatives, as well as for developing new chemical synthesis strategies. These would facilitate their clinical development.  相似文献   

Quorum Quenching Agents: Resources for Antivirulence Therapy     

Kaihao Tang  Xiao-Hua Zhang 《Marine drugs》2014,12(6):3245-3282

The continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is a concern to human health and highlights the urgent need for the development of alternative therapeutic strategies. Quorum sensing (QS) regulates virulence in many bacterial pathogens, and thus, is a promising target for antivirulence therapy which may inhibit virulence instead of cell growth and division. This means that there is little selective pressure for the evolution of resistance. Many natural quorum quenching (QQ) agents have been identified. Moreover, it has been shown that many microorganisms are capable of producing small molecular QS inhibitors and/or macromolecular QQ enzymes, which could be regarded as a strategy for bacteria to gain benefits in competitive environments. More than 30 species of marine QQ bacteria have been identified thus far, but only a few of them have been intensively studied. Recent studies indicate that an enormous number of QQ microorganisms are undiscovered in the highly diverse marine environments, and these marine microorganism-derived QQ agents may be valuable resources for antivirulence therapy.  相似文献   

Antibiotic Resistance in two Water Reclamation Systems for Space Applications     

Morse  Audra  Jackson  W. Andrew 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2004,159(1):277-289

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the antibiotic resistance in two water reclamation systems developed from space missions. The first system is a small-scale water reclamation system operated at Johnson Space Center designed to reclaim wastewater during long-term space missions. The second system was a scaled-down version of the Johnson Space Center system operated at Texas Tech University. Antibiotic resistance patterns to 10 antibiotics were investigated before and after controlled doses of amoxicillin were added to the water reclamation systems. The results of this study indicate that bacteria in all systems were resistant to many antibiotics including beta-lactam antibiotics and a beta-lactam, beta-lactamase inhibitor combination, amoxicillin with clavulanic acid.  相似文献   

两种抗菌素油剂防治奶牛干奶期乳房炎的疗效比较     

方维焕  裘志明 《浙江大学学报(农业与生命科学版)》1990,(3)

以杭州乳房炎诊断法(HMT)、细菌学检验和临床检查结果为依据,综合判断PC-805和TA-125两种抗菌素油剂对干奶期乳房炎的防治效果。66头受试奶牛随机分成两组,第一组35头136个乳区于停奶当天经由乳头管注入20ml PC-805;第二组31头121个乳区以同样方法注入20ml TA-125。第一组牛在干奶前有72个乳区为HMT强阳性(++、+++),至产后降为11个,转阴率为84.7％;第二组牛在干奶前HMT强阳性乳区为66个,产后降至6个,转阴率为90.9％。第一、二组HMT强阳性乳区的细菌转阴率分别为57.4％和68.4％,除去新感染后则分别为70.5％和75.4％。这两种制剂对链球菌感染的效果较好,而对葡萄球菌的作用较差,第一组牛在千奶期间的临床发病率为2.9％,第二组为1.7％。尽管TA-125的疗效较好,但统计结果表明这两种制剂对HMT和细菌转阴率以及临床发病率方面均无显著差异(P>0.05)。  相似文献   

生长点点滴法在筛选鉴定转基因植株中的应用     

金万梅  巩振辉  吕元红 《西北农林科技大学学报(自然科学版)》2002,30(5):23-26

对转化体 (种子或幼苗 )筛选的培养基筛选法和生长点点滴筛选法进行了比较分析。结果表明 ,在 4d苗龄的转化芥菜幼苗生长点点滴 80 0 mg/L 的潮霉素 ,获得了转基因植株 ,PCR检测结果表明 ,两种筛选方法的筛选结果一致。生长点点滴法的优点是 ,转基因幼苗不易污染 ,且成活率高。  相似文献   

多烯大环类抗生素合成酶结构域的差异进化分析及应用于一株产四霉素链霉菌菌株的筛选     

王绛  唐克轩  邓子新  黄曦 《上海交通大学学报(农业科学版)》2011,29(1):1-9

多烯大环类抗生素的生物合成酶属于典型的Ⅰ类聚酮合酶(PKS),这些生物大分子有着非常相似的化学结构和模块合成的形式.在本研究中,每个多烯聚酮合酶的单一结构域被作为系统进化分析的对象.我们发现,各类结构域在进化上出现了不同方向的倾向,其中,KS域在进化树中归成三大类,分别对应多烯结构的三大块区域;相对于KS域和ACP域表...  相似文献   

西瓜维管束真菌区系研究     

于思勤  王守正 《河南农业大学学报》1992,26(4):380-387

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蚯蚓脂肪及其在抗菌物理屏障中的作用   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5       下载免费PDF全文

王冲  郑冬梅  冀竣玲  孙振钧 《农业环境科学学报》2005,24(4):732-736

以赤子爱胜蚓(Eiseniafetida)为实验动物,采用室内培养方法,研究了细菌浸浴诱导对蚯蚓体内脂肪含量和脂肪酸组成的影响。结果表明:(1)索氏抽提法不能从蚯蚓体腔液中获得脂肪,但是可从蚯蚓的组织中获得脂肪。(2)细菌诱导后,蚯蚓体内的脂肪含量增加0.81%(干物质基础),总脂中的脂肪酸含量均有所增加,其中硬脂酸、油酸、亚油酸增加的幅度较大,分别增加了2.62%,1.58%和1.62%。(3)蚯蚓脂肪的抑菌作用具有选择性,对大肠杆菌的抑菌作用最强,抑菌圈直径为1.32cm;其次为绿脓杆菌,抑菌圈直径为0.97cm,但是对金黄色葡萄球菌没有抑菌作用;大肠杆菌诱导后,蚯蚓脂肪对绿脓杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌作用增强,但是对大肠杆菌的抑制作用减弱。(4)蚯蚓脂肪对大肠杆菌、绿脓杆菌的最低抑菌浓度(MIC)分别为:0.05、0.1g·mL-1;对金黄色葡萄球菌没有抑菌作用。但在细菌诱导后,蚯蚓脂肪对大肠杆菌、绿脓杆菌及金黄色葡萄球菌的最低抑菌浓度(MIC)分别为:0.05、0.1、0.1g·mL-1;(5)蚯蚓的抗菌物理屏障主要是体壁和消化道,而具有抑菌作用的蚯蚓脂肪也主要分布在这些组织中,因此蚯蚓的脂肪代谢在蚯蚓的生态免疫过程中发挥着重要作用。  相似文献