Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue 17, Pages 13033-13037Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4575-7
Keywords
Swine farm; ESBL-producing E. coli; ESBL genes; ERIC; Aquatic environment
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Funding
- Shandong Natural Grants [ZR2011CL013, ZR2013CM030]
- Taishan Medical University [2013GCC07]
- Natural Science Foundations of China [81172791, 81273212]
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The dissemination of drug-resistant bacteria into different environments has posed a grave threat to public health, but data on the spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) from animal farms to the receiving river are limited. Here, 57 ESBL-producing E. coli isolated from a pig farm and the receiving river were analyzed in terms of drug resistance, ESBL genes, and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC). The results showed that ESBL-producing E. coli from swine feces and downstream water of the pig farm outfall overlapped substantially in drug resistance and ESBL genes. Additionally, six ESBL-producing E. coli from the downstream water exhibited 100 % genetic similarity with strains from the swine feces. In conclusion, effluents of animal farms are a likely contributor to the presence of ESBL-producing E. coli in aquatic environments.
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