Molecular identification of virulence and antibiotic-resistant gene in Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 recovered from water samples | ||||
| Microbes and Infectious Diseases | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 3, Issue 2, May 2022, Page 348-359 PDF (764.71 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mid.2021.74664.1148 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Busayo Olowe1; Joseph Arogbodo  2
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| 1Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Basic Medicals and Applied Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria | ||||
| 2Department of Animal Production and Health, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: This research work focused on ascertaining the presence of virulence and antibiotic-resistant genes in Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157 and non-O157 recovered from drinking water sources. Methods: Identification of E. coli O157 and non-O157 was carried out using standard serological and PCR techniques. Virulence genes (rfb O157, fliC H7, stx1, stx2, eae and hly genes) and antibiotic-resistant gene (BlaTEM) were detected using PCR method on selected isolates (n= 15) from different water sources which demonstrated multiple antibiotic-resistance in a previous study. Results: The serological identification result revealed that a total of 68 out of 382 E. coli isolates, recovered in a previous work, were identified as a presumptive E. coli O157. These included 19.1 %, 21.7 %, 33.3 %, 14.3 % and 9.1 % of E. coli isolates from wells, boreholes, sachets, streams and pipe-borne respectively. Statistical analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in the frequency of E. coli O157 from the different water sources (p > 0.05). Also, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between the E. coli isolates and E. coli O157 (Pearson’s r = 0.996). Detection of virulence and antibiotic-resistant genes showed that only 46.7 %, 33.3 %, 33.3 %, 93.3 %, and 66.7 % carried rfb O157, fliC H7, stx1, stx2 and rpoS gene respectively. In contrast, all the isolates possessed hly and BlaTEM genes but none had eae gene. Conclusion: The presence of one or combination of these genes in these isolates depicts their virulence and resistance nature. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Escherichia coli O157:H7; non-O157; virulence genes; pathogenic genes | ||||
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