Enterococcus faecalis of human and poultry origin share virulence genes supporting the zoonotic potential of E. faecalis     

Olsen RH  Schønheyder HC  Christensen H  Bisgaard M 《Zoonoses and public health》2012,59(4):256-263

Enterococcus faecalis is a major cause of nosocomial infections in humans and has been linked to severe extra‐intestinal infections in poultry. A zoonotic potential has been suggested and the aim of the present study was to investigate similarities in virulence gene profiles of E. faecalis originating from infections in humans and poultry respectively. A total of 106 isolates of E. faecalis [26 human clinical isolates, 60 poultry clinical isolates (including two small‐colony variants (SCVs) and 20 poultry cloacal isolates] were investigated for presence of seven virulence‐associated genes: ace, asa1, cylA, efaA, EF0591, esp and gelE. For each gene, the PCR‐amplification product was sequenced from one isolate in each group to explore intragenic variations between genes of human and poultry origin. Haemolytic and protease activities were assessed and isolates were assigned a sequence type (ST). Three of the seven genes investigated (ace, efaA and gelE) were present in all isolates. The asa1 was detected in 63/80 and 13/26 isolates of poultry and human origin respectively. For cylA, the numbers were 46/80 and 14/26 respectively. Among poultry isolates, esp and EF0591 were the least frequently observed genes (1/80 and 20/80 respectively); the prevalences among human isolates were 1/26 and 18/26 respectively. A high degree of similarity between genes in human and poultry isolates were confirmed by sequencing of amplification products. None of the cylA‐positive isolates demonstrated haemolytic activity, while the phenotypic expression of gelatinase varied. The ST16 was the only ST shared by human and poultry isolates. The SCV isolates did not show a unique virulence profile or phylogeny. In conclusion, regardless of the distinct phylogenetic background of most E. faecalis isolates of human and poultry origin, we found major similarities in virulence gene profile and gene sequences in isolates from the two sources, supporting the zoonotic risk associated with this organism.  相似文献   

表达猪乳铁蛋白肽重组屎肠球菌对断奶仔猪生长性能的影响及其抗ETEC感染效果研究     

解伟纯  王玉峰  皮若冰  赵东方  姜艳平  崔文  乔薪瑗  王丽  周晗  徐义刚  李一经  唐丽杰 《中国畜牧兽医》2018,45(12):3408-3418

本试验以表达猪乳铁蛋白肽的重组屎肠球菌（pNZ8112-PLFcin/Ef）饲喂断奶仔猪，研究其对仔猪生长性能的影响和抗产肠毒素大肠杆菌（enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli，ETEC）感染的效果。选取28日龄体重相近的健康断奶仔猪36头，随机分为3组（重组屎肠球菌组、空载体组和培养基组），每组3个重复，每个重复4头仔猪。重组屎肠球菌组和空载体组分别饲喂添加pNZ8112-PLFcin/Ef （6×10¹² CFU/kg）和pNZ8112/Ef （6×10¹² CFU/kg）的基础日粮，而培养基组饲喂含有相同体积的GM17液体培养基的基础日粮。试验期26 d。结果显示，与培养基组相比，重组屎肠球菌组断奶仔猪的平均日增重极显著提高（P<0.01）；料重比显著降低（P<0.05）；腹泻率明显降低，肠道菌群的均匀度和多样性指数均下降。为进一步探究表达猪乳铁蛋白肽的重组屎肠球菌对断奶仔猪抵抗ETEC感染的保护作用，在连续饲喂21 d后，每个重复中随机挑选1头体况相近的断奶仔猪灌服ETEC。结果发现，与培养基组相比，攻菌后重组屎肠球菌组断奶仔猪血清白细胞介素-2（IL-2）、免疫球蛋白G （IgG）含量、肠黏液中分泌型免疫球蛋白A （sIgA）水平均显著升高（P<0.05）；脾脏指数显著提高（P<0.05），但胸腺指数、肠段长度及重量则均无显著差异（P>0.05）。综上所述，表达猪乳铁蛋白肽的重组屎肠球菌能够起到促进断奶仔猪生长及抗ETEC感染的保护作用。  相似文献   

Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 supplementation improves the meat quality and antioxidant capacity of muscle of broilers     

Lihuai Yu  Zhong Peng  Li Dong  Hongrong Wang  Shourong Shi 《Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition》2019,103(4):1099-1106

The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) on the meat quality and antioxidant capacity of muscle in broilers. A total of 600 Arbor Acre broiler chickens (1‐day‐old, male) were randomly divided into five treatments with six replicates (20 chickens per replicate) for each treatment. The five treatments were the control treatment (CON, basal diet), antibiotic treatment (ANT, basal diet supplemented with 0.1% chlortetracycline) and E. faecium‐supplemented treatments (LEF, MEF and HEF, basal diet supplemented with 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg of E. faecium respectively). The experiment lasted 42 days in two periods of 21 days. Results showed that there were no differences in breast meat quality among different treatments (p > 0.05). Compared with the CON and ANT treatments, the yellowness of thigh meat in E. faecium‐supplemented treatments was significantly increased (p < 0.05); the shear force of thigh meat in the LEF and MEF treatments was lower than that of the CON treatment (p < 0.05). In addition, the concentration of the inosine monophosphate (IMP) in the breast and thigh meat of the MEF treatment was significantly higher than that of the other treatments (p < 0.05). At 21 days, the total antioxidant capability (T‐AOC) level and glutathione peroxidase (GSH‐Px) activity of breast meat and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the thigh meat of the MEF treatment were greatly increased (p < 0.05). At 42 days of age, the catalase (CAT), GSH‐Px and T‐AOC activities in the breast meat of the MEF treatment were increased (p < 0.05) and the CAT activity of thigh meat in the LEF and MEF treatments was increased (p < 0.05). In conclusion, E. faecium supplementation increased the meat quality of the thigh muscle, increased the IMP content and the activities of CAT, SOD, T‐AOC, and GSH‐Px of muscle in broilers. Supplementation with 100 mg/kg E. faecium had the greatest effects.  相似文献   

一株致病性粪肠球菌的分离与鉴定     

范辉 《福建畜牧兽医》2019,(3):13-15

从1羽发病雏鸡中分离到1株溶血性革兰氏阳性球菌。初步分离鉴定后经攻毒试验能够造成小白鼠和雏鸡死亡,具有致病性。药敏试验表明,该菌对多种药物均表现耐药性,仅对庆大霉素、青霉素、氧氟沙星敏感。通过BLAST软件分析该菌株的16S rRNA序列,确定该致病性细菌为粪肠球菌。  相似文献   

屎肠球菌对AA肉鸡血清和肝脏抗氧化功能的影响     

毛俊舟  董丽  王淑楠  彭众  仲召鑫  喻礼怀 《中国畜牧兽医》2018,45(8):2182-2189

试验旨在研究日粮中添加屎肠球菌对爱拔益加（Arbor Acres,AA）肉鸡血清和肝脏抗氧化功能的影响。选取1日龄AA肉鸡600只（公鸡）,随机分为5组,每组6个重复。对照组（CON组）饲喂基础日粮;抗生素组（Ant组）在基础日粮中添加0.1%金霉素;低（LEF组）、中（MEF组）、高（HEF组）剂量屎肠球菌组分别在基础日粮中添加50、100、200 mg/kg屎肠球菌。结果表明：①21日龄时,HEF组肉鸡血清中总抗氧化能力（T-AOC）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）活性均显著高于CON组（P<0.05）,Ant组T-AOC显著高于CON组（P<0.05）;42日龄时,MEF组和HEF组血清中丙二醛（MDA）含量显著低于CON组（P<0.05）,LEF组血清中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性显著高于CON组和Ant组（P<0.05）。②21日龄时,MEF组和HEF组肉鸡肝脏中T-AOC、GSH-Px活性均显著高于CON组（P<0.05）,且HEF组肉鸡肝脏中T-AOC显著高于Ant组（P<0.05）;42日龄时,HEF组肉鸡肝脏中过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性显著高于CON组（P<0.05）。结果提示,屎肠球菌能显著提高21与42日龄血清和肝脏中T-AOC和GSH-Px活性,降低血清中MDA含量,增加抗氧化酶活性,改善肉鸡抗氧化应激能力,且200 mg/kg屎肠球菌添加量在提高血清和肝脏抗氧化能力上与抗生素效果相当。  相似文献   

2022年北京市宠物源细菌耐药性监测浅析     

陈玉  李霆 《中国兽药杂志》2024,58(4):20-26

为了解北京市宠物源细菌的抗菌药物耐药情况,2022年,笔者对北京市四个城区的四家宠物医院的犬、猫共计50份样本的肛拭子进行了研究。试验对样品中的大肠杆菌和肠球菌首先进行了分离培养和质谱鉴定,然后采用微量肉汤稀释法分析分离菌株的耐药表型。结果共分离出大肠杆菌25株、肠球菌25株（屎肠球菌14株、粪肠球菌11株）。大肠杆菌耐药率最高的2种抗菌药为四环素和氨苄西林,多重耐药菌占44%;肠球菌耐药情况较严重,粪肠球菌耐药率最高的抗菌药物为磺胺异噁唑,屎肠球菌耐药率最高的抗菌药物为磺胺异噁唑、头孢西丁和红霉素,二者多重耐药菌占分离株总数的100%。综上,北京地区宠物源大肠杆菌、肠球菌的耐药情况较为严峻,且多重耐药现象突出,需要加强对宠物抗菌药使用的监督与管理。  相似文献   

宠物犬粪肠球菌耐药性流行病学调查     

俞道进  卓鸿璘  易秀丽  黄鹏彪  马玉芳  李健  黄一帆 《福建农林大学学报(自然科学版)》2011,40(6):628-631

为了解福州市宠物犬粪肠球菌耐药性的现状,采用美国临床实验室标准委员会(CLSI)推荐的肉汤微量稀释法及判定标准,调查了96株分离自宠物犬的粪肠球菌对6种抗菌药物的耐药性.结果显示:分离菌对土霉素和红霉素有高的耐药率,分别达到86.5％和72.9％,对环丙沙星和氯霉素的耐药率分别为22.9％和27.1％;分离菌对万古霉素...  相似文献   

Extraction,Purification and Determination of Capsular Polysaccharide in Enterococcus faecium     

LIU Yong-an  LI Xue-rui  ZHOU Jian-hua  MA Li-na  LIU Yong-sheng 《中国畜牧兽医》2017,44(5):1309-1314

In order to extract and purify the capsular polysaccharide of Enterococcus faecium and measure contents of polysaccharide, high pressure crushing methods and enzyme decomposition methods (RNase A (25 μg/mL), DNase (0.5 mg/mL), lysozyme (0.25 mg/mL) and protease K (1.25 mg/mL)) were used to remove the nucleic acids and proteins to obtain crude capsular polysaccharide, and centrifugal ultrafiltration with 30 and 100 ku ultrafiltration centrifuge tubes and DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow column chromatography were also adopted to obtain the purified capsular polysaccharides of Enterococcus faecium. Then the content of polysaccharide was determined by the phenol-sulfuric acid method. The results showed the capsular polysaccharide content was 75.21%. The results revealed that capsular polysaccharide ofEnterococcus faecium was extracted successfully. The method of extracting capsular polysaccharide in Enterococcus faecium was established initially.  相似文献   

东北黑熊源粪肠球菌EfaA基因的克隆表达及生物信息学分析     

秦晓东  楚熹橦  鲁承  孙福亮  孙兴忠 《中国畜牧兽医》2017,44(8):2248-2254

为检测熊源粪肠球菌心内膜炎抗原（EfaA）基因,用于快速检测东北黑熊粪肠球菌感染病例,本试验根据GenBank登录的粪肠球菌EfaA基因序列（登录号：U03756.1）合成了1对PCR引物,通过PCR法扩增合成长度为689 bp的目的片段。将PCR产物克隆于pMD19-T载体,之后将其转入大肠杆菌DH5α感受态细胞筛选阳性克隆。提取扩增后的重组质粒pMD19-T-EfaA并进行PCR、酶切鉴定、序列测定及蛋白质结构预测。结果显示,本试验成功克隆出熊源粪肠球菌EfaA基因,与GenBank登录的ATCC 29212菌株同源性为100.0%。本试验成功构建了重组克隆载体pMD19-T-EfaA,并对测序结果进行了蛋白质结构的预测,为进一步建立黑熊粪肠球菌病的诊断方法提供了理论依据,同时也为黑熊疾病的防制奠定了基础。  相似文献   

猪、鸡源分离粪肠球菌的核糖体分型及耐药性分析     

钱晓璐  商军  田恺  张浩然 《中国畜牧兽医》2016,43(8):2176-2182

对上海地区1个规模化养猪场和1个规模化养鸡场分离鉴定的40株粪肠球菌,采用微量肉汤稀释法对12种抗菌药物进行药敏试验,采用Riboprinter^®微生物基因指纹鉴定系统检测分离菌株的基因指纹图谱,分别检测分离菌株中的核糖体型和耐药性。结果表明,在40株粪肠球菌中,80%以上为多重耐药菌株,有4株猪源粪肠球菌对万古霉素耐药,其中有2株表现为对万古霉素高度耐药（MIC>64 mg/L）,且对链霉素和庆大霉素同时表现为高度耐药（MIC>2 048 mg/L）。从耐药表型和核糖体分型共同分析粪肠球菌的耐药性,发现多重耐药性严重,同一核糖体型菌株的耐药表型并非完全一致。  相似文献