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Occurrence of Virulence Determinants in Fecal Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Pigs and Chickens in Korea  

Hwang, In-Yeong (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF))
Lim, Suk-Kyung (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF))
Ku, Hyun-Ok (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF))
Park, Choi-Kyu (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF))
Jung, Suk-Chan (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF))
Park, Yong-Ho (Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Nam, Hyang-Mi (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF))
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.21, no.12, 2011 , pp. 1352-1355 More about this Journal
Abstract
Forty-one Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) isolates from feces of pigs and chickens in Korea were screened for the presence of virulence factors. Gelatinase activity (85.4%, 35/41) was the more commonly observed phenotype of virulence in E. faecalis, compared with hemolytic activity (12.2%, 5/41). Thirty-one of 35 (88.6%) gelatinase-positive E. faecalis isolates harbored the gelE and fsrABC genes. A gene encoding for the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) was detected in 24.4% (10/41) of the isolates. All beta-hemolysin-producing isolates harbored the esp gene.
Keywords
Enterococcus faecalis; virulence factors; livestock animals;
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