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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (12): 1138-1147.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.19-243

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Whole genome sequencing reveals the distribution of resistance and virulence genes of pathogenic Escherichia coli CCHTP from giant panda

Wenwen Deng1, Caiwu Li1, Siyue Zhao2, Rengui Li1, Yongguo He1, Daifu Wu1, Shengzhi Yang2, Yan Huang1, Hemin Zhang1, Likou Zou2()   

  1. 1. China Conservation and Research Centre of the Giant Panda, Key Laboratory of SFGA on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, Dujiangyan 611830, China
    2. Faculty of Applied Microbiology, College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
  • Received:2019-09-17 Revised:2019-11-25 Online:2019-12-20 Published:2019-11-27
  • Contact: Zou Likou E-mail:zoulikou@sicau.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Project of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda No(CCRCGP181918);the National Natural Science Foundation of China No(31400066)

Abstract:

Pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the most common pathogen causing urinary tract infection in animals. We investigated the antibiotic resistance and virulence genes of pathogenic E. coli CCHTP derived from urine with occult blood of the giant panda by whole genome sequencing. The flanking sequencing of resistance and virulence genes in genomic islands were also analyzed. Our results demonstrate that E. coli CCHTP contains different families of antibiotic resistance genes, most of which are efflux pump related genes, including multiple drug resistance efflux pump genes mdfA, emrE, and mdtN. A total of 166 virulence factors and 563 virulence genes were identified, and the most virulence factors and related genes are involved in host cell attachment and invasion processes. Furthermore, sequence analysis of 19 genomic islands revealed that antibiotic and virulence genes are associated with mobile genetic elements (transposon and insertion sequence) in GIs011 and GIs017. These structures can mediate horizontal transfer of antibiotic and virulence genes. Our work described the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence genes in E. coli CCHTP, which may provide an important guidance for treatment and rational drug use of E. coli CCHTP infection in the giant panda.

Key words: giant panda, Escherichia coli, whole genome sequencing, resistance gene, virulence gene