Occurrence of virulence determinants in fecal Enterococcus faecalis isolated from pigs and chickens in Korea

In Yeong Hwang; Suk Kyung Lim; Hyun Ok Ku; Choi Kyu Park; Suk Chan Jung; Yong Ho Park; Hyang Mi Nam

doi:10.4014/jmb.1107.07002

Occurrence of virulence determinants in fecal Enterococcus faecalis isolated from pigs and chickens in Korea

In Yeong Hwang, Suk Kyung Lim, Hyun Ok Ku, Choi Kyu Park, Suk Chan Jung, Yong Ho Park, Hyang Mi Nam

Department of Veterinary Medicine

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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 betahemolysin- producing isolates harbored the esp gene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1352-1355
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume	21
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1107.07002
State	Published - 9 Sep 2011

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Enterococcus faecalis
Livestock animals
Virulence factors

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Occurrence of virulence determinants in fecal Enterococcus faecalis isolated from pigs and chickens in Korea

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