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MICROORGANISMS
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10050893
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reptile; WGS; Acinetobacter baumannii; international clone; OXA; phylogeny; antimicrobial resistance
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- Ingo and Waltraud Pauler Fonds of the German Herpetological Society (DGHT)
- Department for Equal Opportunities of the Justus Liebig University-Giessen
- Justus Liebig University-Giessen - German Research Foundation
A study on live reptiles revealed the presence of potentially resistant Acinetobacter spp. strains, with both new and existing resistance mechanisms. The study also found a high variation in the Acinetobacter spp. community in reptiles, with many strains displaying multidrug resistance.
Reptiles are popular pet animals and important food sources, but the trade of this vertebrate class is-besides welfare and conservation-under debate due to zoonotic microbiota. Ninety-two shipments of live reptiles were sampled during border inspections at Europe's most relevant transshipment point for the live animal trade. Acinetobacter spp. represented one significant fraction of potentially MDR bacteria that were further analyzed following non-selective isolation or selective enrichment from feces, urinate, or skin samples. Taxonomic positions of respective isolates were confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS and whole-genome sequencing analysis (GBDP, dDDH, ANIb, and rMLST). The majority of the 80 isolates represented established species; however, a proportion of potentially novel taxa was found. Antimicrobial properties and genome-resistance gene screening revealed novel and existing resistance mechanisms. Acinetobacter spp. strains were most often resistant to 6-10 substance groups (n = 63) in vitro. Resistance to fluorchinolones (n = 4) and colistin (n = 7), but not to carbapenems, was noted, and novel oxacillinase variants (n = 39) were detected among other genes. Phylogenetic analysis (MLST) assigned few isolates to the known STs (25, 46, 49, 220, and 249) and to a number of novel STs. No correlation was found to indicate that MDR Acinetobacter spp. in reptiles were associated with harvesting mode, e.g., captive-bred, wild-caught, or farmed in natural ecosystems. The community of Acinetobacter spp. in healthy reptiles turned out to be highly variable, with many isolates displaying a MDR phenotype or genotype.
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