Determination of epidemiological relationships of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from bovine mastitis

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作者
Merl, K
Abdulmawjood, A
Lämmler, C
Zschöck, M
机构
[1] Univ Giessen, Inst Pharmakol & Toxikol, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
[2] Univ Giessen, Inst Tierarztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
[3] Regierungsprasidium Darmstadt, Vet Dezernat, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany
[4] Staatliches Untersuchungsamt Hessen, D-35396 Giessen, Germany
关键词
Streptococcus agalactiae; bovine mastitis; pheno- and genotyping;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00564-0
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
In the present study 79 streptococcal cultures isolated from subclinical mastitis of 54 cows from seven dairy farms (A G) in Hesse, Germany, were comparatively investigated using conventional and molecular methods. The isolates could be identified as Streptococcus agalactiae, belonging to Lancefield's serological group B by determination of cultural, biochemical and serological properties and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-mediated amplification of species-specific parts of the 16S ribosomal DNA, the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and the CAMP factor gene cfb. The investigated group B streptococci were further characterized serologically for specific polysaccharide and protein antigens. Serotyping the isolates revealed a predominance of surface protein antigen X, either alone or in combination with polysaccharide antigen Ia. This could be observed for 39 isolates of farms A, B and C. Six group B streptococci from farm E displayed the serotype pattern III/Rib, two isolates from farm G showed the serotype pattern Ib/calpha. The remaining cultures from farms D and F (n = 32) were non-typable. The occurrence of protein Rib could be confirmed by PCR amplification of the gene rib. The two isolates with serotype pattern Ib/calpha also reacted positively for the cbeta-encoding gene bag. Additional properties which allowed a phenotypic characterization of the S. agalactiae were the degree of pigmentation, growth properties in fluid media and soft agar, the surface hydrophobicity, the ability to hemagglutinate rabbit erythrocytes and their resistance reactions to tetracycline and minocycline. The isolates of the seven farms showed identical or almost, identical characteristics. The 79 group B streptococci were additionally investigated by macrorestriction analysis of their chromosomal DNA using the restriction endonucleases SmaI, ApaI and Sa/I. The restriction patterns obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis displayed identical or closely related patterns for the cultures of the various farms. The pheno- and genotypic characteristics of the 79 group B streptococci of the present study revealed that a single S. agalactiae strain or at least closely related subtypes of this strain were responsible for the mastitis situation of the seven farms. (C) 2003 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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