Genotyping of fimbrial adhesins inEscherichia coli strains isolated from slovak piglets suffering from diarrhea

One-hundred sixtyEscherichia coli isolates obtained from piglets with diarrhea from different parts of Slovakia were examined for the presence of genes coding for F4, F5, F6 and F41 fimbrial adhesins, and hemolytic activity. According to polymerase chain reaction tests 74 (46 %)E. coli isolates were...

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Published inFolia microbiologica Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 59 - 63
Main Authors Vu-Khac, H., Holoda, E., Majerčiak, M., Gašpar, G., Pilipčinec, E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.01.2004
Springer Netherlands
Subjects
Adhesins
Bacteria
Coding
Diarrhea
E coli
Escherichia coli
Genes
Genotyping
Polymerase chain reaction
Swine
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Summary:One-hundred sixtyEscherichia coli isolates obtained from piglets with diarrhea from different parts of Slovakia were examined for the presence of genes coding for F4, F5, F6 and F41 fimbrial adhesins, and hemolytic activity. According to polymerase chain reaction tests 74 (46 %)E. coli isolates were positive for primers that detected genes coding for fimbrial adhesins. Of these 74 isolates, 64 were positive for genes encoding for F4+, four for F5+, five for F6+, and one for both F41+ and F5+ adhesins.
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ISSN:0015-5632
1874-9356
DOI:10.1007/BF02931647