Antimicrobial Resistance and Genomic Characteristics of Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from the Poultry Industry in Henan Province, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection and Bacterial Isolation
2.2. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
2.3. DNA Extraction, WGS, and Bioinformatic Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Prevalence of E. coli
3.2. Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotypes of E. coli
3.3. Sequence Type, Phylogenetic Group and O-Serogroup
3.4. Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Virulence Factor Genes
3.5. Prevalence and Distribution of Plasmid Profiles
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, Z.; Jia, C.; Hu, Z.; Jin, Y.; Li, T.; Zhang, X.; Peng, Z.; Yang, R.; Chen, H.; Wang, X. Antimicrobial Resistance and Genomic Characteristics of Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from the Poultry Industry in Henan Province, China. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030575
Li Z, Jia C, Hu Z, Jin Y, Li T, Zhang X, Peng Z, Yang R, Chen H, Wang X. Antimicrobial Resistance and Genomic Characteristics of Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from the Poultry Industry in Henan Province, China. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(3):575. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030575
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Zugang, Chaoying Jia, Zizhe Hu, Yancheng Jin, Tianzhi Li, Xiaoxue Zhang, Zhong Peng, Ruicheng Yang, Huanchun Chen, and Xiangru Wang. 2024. "Antimicrobial Resistance and Genomic Characteristics of Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from the Poultry Industry in Henan Province, China" Microorganisms 12, no. 3: 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030575