Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil
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Resumo: | The present report aimed to perform a molecular epidemiological survey by investigating the presence of virulence factors in E. faecalis isolated from different human clinical (n = 57) and food samples (n = 55) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, collected from 2006 to 2009. In addition, the ability to form biofilm in vitro on polystyrene and the β-haemolytic and gelatinase activities were determined. Clinical strains presented a higher prevalence of aggregation substance (agg), enterococcal surface protein (esp) and cytolysin (cylA) genes when compared with food isolates. The esp gene was found only in clinical strains. On the other hand, the gelatinase (gelE) and adherence factor (ace) genes had similar prevalence among the strains, showing the widespread occurrence of these virulence factors among food and clinical E. faecalis strains in South Brazil. More than three virulence factor genes were detected in 77.2% and 18.2% of clinical and food strains, respectively. Gelatinase and β-haemolysin activities were not associated with the presence of gelE and cylA genes. The ability to produce biofilm was detected in 100% of clinical and 94.6% of food isolates, and clinical strains were more able to form biofilm than the food isolates (Student's t-test, p < 0.01). Results from the statistical analysis showed significant associations between strong biofilm formation and ace (p = 0.015) and gelE (p = 0.007) genes in clinical strains. In conclusion, our data indicate that E. faecalis strains isolated from clinical and food samples possess distinctive patterns of virulence factors, with a larger number of genes that encode virulence factors detected in clinical strains. |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazilvirulence determinantsclinical enterococcifood enterococcibiofilm formationThe present report aimed to perform a molecular epidemiological survey by investigating the presence of virulence factors in E. faecalis isolated from different human clinical (n = 57) and food samples (n = 55) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, collected from 2006 to 2009. In addition, the ability to form biofilm in vitro on polystyrene and the β-haemolytic and gelatinase activities were determined. Clinical strains presented a higher prevalence of aggregation substance (agg), enterococcal surface protein (esp) and cytolysin (cylA) genes when compared with food isolates. The esp gene was found only in clinical strains. On the other hand, the gelatinase (gelE) and adherence factor (ace) genes had similar prevalence among the strains, showing the widespread occurrence of these virulence factors among food and clinical E. faecalis strains in South Brazil. More than three virulence factor genes were detected in 77.2% and 18.2% of clinical and food strains, respectively. Gelatinase and β-haemolysin activities were not associated with the presence of gelE and cylA genes. The ability to produce biofilm was detected in 100% of clinical and 94.6% of food isolates, and clinical strains were more able to form biofilm than the food isolates (Student's t-test, p < 0.01). Results from the statistical analysis showed significant associations between strong biofilm formation and ace (p = 0.015) and gelE (p = 0.007) genes in clinical strains. In conclusion, our data indicate that E. faecalis strains isolated from clinical and food samples possess distinctive patterns of virulence factors, with a larger number of genes that encode virulence factors detected in clinical strains.Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia2014-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000100047Brazilian Journal of Microbiology v.45 n.1 2014reponame:Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM)instacron:SBM10.1590/S1517-83822014005000031info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMedeiros,A.W.Pereira,R.I.Oliveira,D.V.Martins,P.D.d'Azevedo,P.A.Van der Sand,S.Frazzon,J.Frazzon,A.P.Geng2014-05-29T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1517-83822014000100047Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjm/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjm@sbmicrobiologia.org.br||mbmartin@usp.br1678-44051517-8382opendoar:2014-05-29T00:00Brazilian Journal of Microbiology - Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM)false |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil Medeiros,A.W. virulence determinants clinical enterococci food enterococci biofilm formation |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
title_full |
Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
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Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil |
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Medeiros,A.W. |
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Medeiros,A.W. Pereira,R.I. Oliveira,D.V. Martins,P.D. d'Azevedo,P.A. Van der Sand,S. Frazzon,J. Frazzon,A.P.G |
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Pereira,R.I. Oliveira,D.V. Martins,P.D. d'Azevedo,P.A. Van der Sand,S. Frazzon,J. Frazzon,A.P.G |
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Medeiros,A.W. Pereira,R.I. Oliveira,D.V. Martins,P.D. d'Azevedo,P.A. Van der Sand,S. Frazzon,J. Frazzon,A.P.G |
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virulence determinants clinical enterococci food enterococci biofilm formation |
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virulence determinants clinical enterococci food enterococci biofilm formation |
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The present report aimed to perform a molecular epidemiological survey by investigating the presence of virulence factors in E. faecalis isolated from different human clinical (n = 57) and food samples (n = 55) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, collected from 2006 to 2009. In addition, the ability to form biofilm in vitro on polystyrene and the β-haemolytic and gelatinase activities were determined. Clinical strains presented a higher prevalence of aggregation substance (agg), enterococcal surface protein (esp) and cytolysin (cylA) genes when compared with food isolates. The esp gene was found only in clinical strains. On the other hand, the gelatinase (gelE) and adherence factor (ace) genes had similar prevalence among the strains, showing the widespread occurrence of these virulence factors among food and clinical E. faecalis strains in South Brazil. More than three virulence factor genes were detected in 77.2% and 18.2% of clinical and food strains, respectively. Gelatinase and β-haemolysin activities were not associated with the presence of gelE and cylA genes. The ability to produce biofilm was detected in 100% of clinical and 94.6% of food isolates, and clinical strains were more able to form biofilm than the food isolates (Student's t-test, p < 0.01). Results from the statistical analysis showed significant associations between strong biofilm formation and ace (p = 0.015) and gelE (p = 0.007) genes in clinical strains. In conclusion, our data indicate that E. faecalis strains isolated from clinical and food samples possess distinctive patterns of virulence factors, with a larger number of genes that encode virulence factors detected in clinical strains. |
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