Salmonella enterica serovar 1,4,[5],12:i:-(S.1,4,[5],12:i:-)has been recognized as an emerging foodborne pathogen in recent years.It can cause human salmonellosis predominated by the contamination of animal-derived fo...Salmonella enterica serovar 1,4,[5],12:i:-(S.1,4,[5],12:i:-)has been recognized as an emerging foodborne pathogen in recent years.It can cause human salmonellosis predominated by the contamination of animal-derived foods such as raw poultry and pork.This study aimed to characterize the genetic diversity,plasmid replicon types,and antibiotic resistance of 15 S.1,4,[5],12:i:-environmental isolates collected from two poultry farms using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis(PFGE),multilocus sequence typing(MLST),polymerase chain reaction-based replicon typing,and minimum inhibitory concentration approach.Ten different PFGE genotypes were detected,indicating a high diversity among these S.1,4,[5],12:i:-isolates.Three sequence types(ST19,ST1544,ST34)were identified by MLST.Among them,ST1544 was first detected in S.1,4,[5],12:i:-environmental isolates from poultry farms.All isolates were resistant to cefazolin,cefotetan,tobramycin,amikacin,and gentamicin,but susceptible to piperacillin-tazobactam,aztreonam,ceftazidime,cefepime,and ertapenem.Five incompatibility groups(Inc)of plasmids were identified,including IncFIIs(66.7%),IncHI2(20%),IncI1(6.7%),IncN(6.7%),and IncQ(6.7%).Among these isolates,80%carried at least one plasmid replicon type,and 20%carried multiple plasmid replicon types.Interestingly,the multidrug-resistant isolate 263 carried numerous resistance genes(i.e.qnrS,aac(6ʹ)-Ib-cr,bla_(TEM),bla_(CTX-M-9),bla_(OXA-1),sul1,sul2,sul3,floR,and mcr-1)and class I integronase gene intI1,which possessed both IncHI2 and IncQ plasmids,suggesting that resistance genes may be horizontally transferred by the combination of IncHI2 and IncQ plasmids.Collectively,antibiotic-resistant S.1,4,[5],12:i:-isolates were first found in poultry farm environments in China,and surveillance should be strengthened to prevent their further spread from poultry farms to foods.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32102111)the Project was funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M702194).
文摘Salmonella enterica serovar 1,4,[5],12:i:-(S.1,4,[5],12:i:-)has been recognized as an emerging foodborne pathogen in recent years.It can cause human salmonellosis predominated by the contamination of animal-derived foods such as raw poultry and pork.This study aimed to characterize the genetic diversity,plasmid replicon types,and antibiotic resistance of 15 S.1,4,[5],12:i:-environmental isolates collected from two poultry farms using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis(PFGE),multilocus sequence typing(MLST),polymerase chain reaction-based replicon typing,and minimum inhibitory concentration approach.Ten different PFGE genotypes were detected,indicating a high diversity among these S.1,4,[5],12:i:-isolates.Three sequence types(ST19,ST1544,ST34)were identified by MLST.Among them,ST1544 was first detected in S.1,4,[5],12:i:-environmental isolates from poultry farms.All isolates were resistant to cefazolin,cefotetan,tobramycin,amikacin,and gentamicin,but susceptible to piperacillin-tazobactam,aztreonam,ceftazidime,cefepime,and ertapenem.Five incompatibility groups(Inc)of plasmids were identified,including IncFIIs(66.7%),IncHI2(20%),IncI1(6.7%),IncN(6.7%),and IncQ(6.7%).Among these isolates,80%carried at least one plasmid replicon type,and 20%carried multiple plasmid replicon types.Interestingly,the multidrug-resistant isolate 263 carried numerous resistance genes(i.e.qnrS,aac(6ʹ)-Ib-cr,bla_(TEM),bla_(CTX-M-9),bla_(OXA-1),sul1,sul2,sul3,floR,and mcr-1)and class I integronase gene intI1,which possessed both IncHI2 and IncQ plasmids,suggesting that resistance genes may be horizontally transferred by the combination of IncHI2 and IncQ plasmids.Collectively,antibiotic-resistant S.1,4,[5],12:i:-isolates were first found in poultry farm environments in China,and surveillance should be strengthened to prevent their further spread from poultry farms to foods.
