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Molecular Characterization of Fluoroquinolone Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Chickens in Korea (닭에서 동정된 플르오르퀴놀론 내성 대장균 균주의 분자생물학적 성상에 관한 연구)

  • Sung, Ji-Youn;Oh, Ji-Eun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.371-378
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    • 2016
  • An aim of current study was to investigate the prevalence and the mechanism of quinolone-resistance in E. coli isolates obtained from chicken cecum in Korea. In addition, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was also performed for the molecular characterization of E. coli isolates. In an antimicrobial susceptibility test by the disk diffusion method, the 63.5% (54/85) of E. coli isolates showed the resistance to quinolone group of antimicrobial agents. All of the 54 E. coli isolates showing resistant to quinolone group had sense mutations in gyrA gene and point mutations at the $57^{th}$, $80^{th}$, or $84^{th}$ residues in parC gene were detected in 90.7% of the isolates. Interestingly, E. coli ST was closely related to amino acid substitutions in parE gene. Our results indicated that the long-term use of antimicrobial agents in food-producing animals was strongly associated with a prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in commensal Enterobacteriaceae, suggesting the need for continuous surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial resistant determinants in bacterial isolates from food animals.

Molecular subtyping and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis isolates from clinically diseased pigs

  • Oh, Sang-Ik;Kim, Jong Wan;Kim, Jongho;So, Byungjae;Kim, Bumseok;Kim, Ha-Young
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.57.1-57.11
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    • 2020
  • Background: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) acts as an etiological agent for lameness, neurological signs, and high mortality in pigs. Despite its importance in pig industries and zoonotic potential, little is known about the effects of this pathogen. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the molecular characteristics and antimicrobial resistance of SDSE strains isolated from diseased pigs. Methods: A total 11 SDSE isolates were obtained from diseased pigs. Bacterial identification, PCR for virulence genes, emm typing, and antimicrobial resistance genes, multilocus sequence typing, and antimicrobial susceptibility test were performed. Results: Nine isolates were from piglets, and 8 showed lameness, sudden death, or neurological signs. The isolates were PCR-positive for sla (100%), sagA (100%), and scpA (45.5%), and only 1 isolate amplified the emm gene (stL2764). Eight different sequence types were detected, categorized into 2 clonal complexes and 4 singletons. All the isolates in this study were included in a small cluster, which also contained other strains derived from humans and horses. The minimum inhibitory concentrations for the tested beta-lactams were low, while those for macrolides, tetracyclines, and fluoroquinolones were relatively high. PCR analysis of the macrolide and tetracycline resistance genes demonstrated that the isolates carried erm(B) (18.2%, n = 2), mef(A/E) (9.1%, n = 1), tet(M) (18.2%, n = 2), and tet(O) (90.2%, n = 10). Two isolates presented a mutation in parC, which is associated with fluoroquinolone resistance. Conclusion: This study provided insight into swine-derived SDSE, as it is related to veterinary medicine, and elucidated its zoonotic potential, in the context of molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance in public health.

Comparison of Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) and Repetitive Sequence-Based PCR (rep-PCR) Fingerprinting for Differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Broiler in Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Patchanee, Prapas;Chokboonmongkol, Chomporn;Zessin, Karl-Hans;Alter, Thomas;Pornaem, Sarinya;Chokesajjawatee, Nipa
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.1467-1470
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    • 2012
  • We compared rapid fingerprinting using repetitive sequencebased PCR (rep-PCR) for subtyping Campylobacter jejuni isolates to the widely used multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Representative C. jejuni isolates (n = 16) from broilers were analyzed using MLST and rep-PCR. Both techniques demonstrated an equal discriminatory power of 0.8917, and 9 subgroups were identified. Clonal identification of all 16 isolates was identical for both techniques. The rep-PCR as described in this study may be used as a rapid and cost-effective alternative for subtyping of C. jejuni isolates, or as an effective screening tool in large epidemiological studies.

Genetic Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance of Enterococcus faecalis Isolates from Traditional Korean Fermented Soybean Foods

  • Lee, Jong-Hoon;Shin, Donghun;Lee, Bitnara;Lee, Hyundong;Lee, Inhyung;Jeong, Do-Won
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.916-924
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    • 2017
  • Eighty-five Enterococcus faecalis isolates collected from animals (40 isolates), meju (a Korean fermented soybean product; 27 isolates), humans (10 isolates), and various environmental samples (8 isolates) were subjected to multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to identify genetic differences between samples of different origins. MLST analysis resulted in 44 sequence types (STs), and the eBURST algorithm clustered the STs into 21 clonal complexes (CCs) and 17 singletons. The predominant STs, ST695 (21.1%, 18/85) and ST694 (9.4%, 8/85), were singletons, and only contained isolates originating from meju. None of the STs in the current study belonged to CC2 or CC9, which comprise clinical isolates with high levels of antibiotic resistance. The E. faecalis isolates showed the highest rates of resistance to tetracycline (32.9%), followed by erythromycin (9.4%) and vancomycin (2.4%). All isolates from meju were sensitive to these three antibiotics. Hence, MLST uncovered genetic diversity within E. faecalis, and clustering of the STs using eBURST revealed a correlation between the genotypes and origins of the isolates.

Molecular Identification of a Sea Anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) Obtained in Gijang, Busan (부산 기장에서 채집된 말미잘의 분자생물학적 방법을 이용한 동정)

  • Yoo, Sang Joon;Kim, Do-Hyung
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.447-452
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we tried to identify a sea anemone collected from the coast of Gijang, Busan. The anemone was morphologically similar to species belonging to the genus Anthopleura, but its morphological characteristics did not allow for confirmed identification to species level. Multiple genes from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase III, 12S and 16S rRNA, and nuclear 18S and 28S rRNA, were amplified for multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis using genomic DNA extracted from the sampled anemone and a different primer set. Based on the MLST analysis, the anemone obtained in this study was identified as Anthopleura artemisia. Also, the sequence of internal transcribed spacer-2 was most closely related to A. artemisia, indicating that this single region might be useful for anemone identification. This study shows significance of molecular identification for sea anemones, and will be helpful in studies of sea anemone identification using genotyping-by-sequencing.

Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis Isolates from Dogs in Guangdong, China Based on Multi-Locus Sequence

  • Zheng, Guochao;Alsarakibi, Muhamd;Liu, Yuanjia;Hu, Wei;Luo, Qin;Tan, Liping;Li, Guoqing
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.299-304
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    • 2014
  • This study aimed to identify the assemblages (or subassemblages) of Giardia duodenalis by using normal or nested PCR based on 4 genetic loci: glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh), triose phosphate isomerase (tpi), ${\beta}$-giardin (bg), and small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S rRNA) genes. For this work, a total of 216 dogs' fecal samples were collected in Guangdong, China. The phylogenetic trees were constructed with MEGA5.2 by using the neighbor-joining method. Results showed that 9.7% (21/216) samples were found to be positive; moreover, 10 samples were single infection (7 isolates assemblage A, 2 isolates assemblage C, and 1 isolate assemblage D) and 11 samples were mixed infections where assemblage A was predominant, which was potentially zoonotic. These findings showed that most of the dogs in Guangdong were infected or mixed-infected with assemblage A, and multi-locus sequence typing could be the best selection for the genotype analysis of dog-derived Giardia isolates.

rpoB gene sequencing for phylogenetic analysis of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli

  • Kwon, Hyuk-Joon;Seong, Won-Jin;Kim, Tae-Eun;Won, Yong-Jin;Kim, Jae-Hong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.31-39
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    • 2015
  • The present study was conducted to determine the full rpoB and eight house-keeping gene sequences of 78 and 35, respectively, avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) strains. Phylogenetic comparison with 66 E. coli and Shigella strains from GenBank and EMBL was also conducted. Based on the full rpoB sequence, 50 different rpoB sequence types (RSTs) were identified. RST 1 was assigned to a major RST that included 34.7% (50/144) of the analyzed strains. RST 2 to RST 50 were then assigned to other strains with higher nucleotide sequence similarity to RST 1 in order. RST 1, 11, and 23 were mixed with APEC along with human commensal and pathogenic strains while RST 2, 6, 9, 13-15, 22, 24, 25, 33, 34, 36, and 41 were unique to APEC strains. Only five APEC strains grouped into RST 32 and 47, which contained human pathogenic E. coli (HPEC). Thus, most of the APEC strains had genetic backgrounds different from HPEC strains. However, the minor APEC strains similar to HPEC should be considered potential zoonotic risks. The resolution power of multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) was better than RST testing. Nevertheless, phylogenetic analysis of rpoB was simpler and more economic than MLST.

Genetic Variations of Trichophyton rubrum Clinical Isolates from Korea

  • Yoon, Nam-Sup;Kim, Hyunjung;Park, Sung-Bae;Park, Min;Kim, Sunghyun;Kim, Young-Kwon
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.221-229
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    • 2018
  • Trichophyton rubrum is one of the well-known pathogenic fungi and causes dermatophytosis and cutaneous mycosis in human world widely. However, there are not an available sequence type (ST) classification methods and previous studies for T. rubrum until now. Therefore, currently, molecular biological tools using their DNA sequences are used for genotype identification and classification. In the present study, in order to characterize the genetic diversity and the phylogenetic relation of T. rubrum clinical isolates, five different housekeeping genes, such as actin (ACT), calmodulin (CAL), RNA polymerase II (RPB2), superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2), and ${\beta}$-tubulin (BT2) were analyzed using by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Also, DNA sequence analysis was performed to examine the differences between the sequences of Trichophyton strains and the identified genetic variations sequence. As a result, most of the sequences were shown to have highly matched rates in their housekeeping genes. However, genetic variations were found on three different positions of ${\beta}$-tubulin gene and were shown to have changed from $C{\rightarrow}G$ (1766), $G{\rightarrow}T$ (1876), and $C{\rightarrow}A$ (1886). To confirm the association with T. rubrum inheritance, a phylogenetic tree analysis was performed. It was classified as four clusters, but there was little significant correlation. Even so, MLST analysis is believed to be helpful for determining the genetic variations of T. rubrum in cases where there is more large-scale data accumulation. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated the first MLST analysis of T. rubrum in Korea and explored the possibility that MLST could be a useful tool for studying the epidemiology and evolution of T. rubrum through further studies.

Epidemiological Study of KPC-2 Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated in Daejeon During a 4-Year Period (최근 4년간 대전지역에서 분리된 KPC-2 생성 Klebsiella pneumoniae의 역학적 연구)

  • Hye Hyun, Cho
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.265-272
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    • 2022
  • The emergence and dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), particularly the Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2 (KPC-2) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, has been rapidly increasing worldwide and is becoming a serious public health threat. Since the epidemiology and characteristics of these KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae vary according to the region and period under consideration, this study investigated the prevalence of carbapenemases and the epidemiological relationship of 78 carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) isolated from a tertiary hospital in Daejeon, from March 2017 to December 2020. The antimicrobial susceptibility tests were identified using the disk-diffusion method. PCR and DNA sequencing were used to determine the carbapenemase genes. In addition, molecular epidemiology was performed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Among the 78 CRKP isolates, 35 isolates (44.9%) were carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (CPKP) and the major carbapenemase type was KPC-2 (30 isolates, 85.7%). The New Delhi metallo-enzyme-1 (NDM-1) and NDM-5 were identified in 4 isolates (11.4%) and 1 isolate (2.9%), respectively. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis showed 10 sequence types (STs) and the most prevalent ST was ST307 (51.4%, 18/35). All the ST307 isolates were KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae and were multidrug-resistant (MDR). In addition, ST307 has gradually emerged during a four-year period. These findings indicate that continuous monitoring and proper infection control are needed to prevent the spread of KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae ST307.