Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 284-294.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230168

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Isolation, identification, antimicrobial susceptibility test and virulence genes detection of Salmonella typhimurium from chicken

GUO Weina1,2(), TAO Jing1, HE Mengting1, WANG Ziwei1, MA Baihe1, ZHAO Lei1,2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang 233100, Anhui, China
    2. Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition Regulation and Health, Fengyang 233100, Anhui, China
  • Received:2023-02-15 Online:2024-02-25 Published:2024-03-05

Abstract:

As a critical zoonosis pathogen, Salmonella typhimurium cannot only affects the healthy development of the poultry industry, but also poses a serious threat to the safety of poultry products. The primary purpose of this study was to isolate and identify the pathogen, test the drug sensitivity and detect the virulence genes. Firstly, the spleen tissues of dead laying hens were collected for isolation, culture, microscopic examination, and PCR identification of 16S rRNA gene. Then, antimicrobial susceptibility was determined for the isolated strain to 26 drugs by circular disk diffusion method, while 28 virulence genes were detected by PCR. The isolated strain formed gray colonies on ordinary nutrient agar and blood agar, colorless colonies on MacConkey medium, and black metallic colonies on BS medium. The staining microscopy showed gram-negative, red, and short bacillus. PCR and sequencing for 16S rRNA indicated that, the similarity of the isolated strain was 99.86% compared with S. typhimurium strain OLF-FSR1-WB-Sparrow-ST-87, and the homology ranged from 99.5% to 100% compared with 10 reference strains of S. typhimurium. The susceptibility test showed the strain was highly sensitive to Ciprofloxacin with an inhibition zone of 30 mm. Furthermore, except that the gene of sseC was not be detected, the similarity of the other 27 virulence genes was between 98.58% and 100%, compared with the corresponding virulence genes of the reference strains in GenBank. In conclusion, S. typhimurium strain FY2021 was successfully isolated and identified from the dead layer, which provides a basis for the further study of the pathogenesis of S. typhimurium and the prevention and control of salmonellosis.

Key words: S. typhimurium, isolate and identify, susceptibility test, virulence gene, PCR detection

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