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Trop Anim Health Prod ; 51(5): 1089-1095, 2019 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30627862

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, serological diversity, and virulence of Dichelobacter nodosus in footrot lesions of sheep and identification of its predominant serotype as a potential vaccine candidate. The overall prevalence of footrot in sheep was 16.19%, and ranged from 13.69 to 19.71%, respectively. A total of 759 flocks with 22,698 sheep were investigated for footrot and 2374 clinical samples were collected from naturally infected sheep exhibiting footrot lesions. Of the 2374 samples collected, 1446 (60.90%) were positive for D. nodosus by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). These positive samples when subjected to serogroup-specific multiplex PCR, 1337 (92.46%) samples carried serogroup B, 247 (17.08%) possessed serogroup E, 86 (5.94%) serogroup I, and one (0.069%) serogroup G of D. nodosus. While mixed infection of serogroups B and E was detected in 127 (8.78%), B and I in 46 (3.18%) and B, E, and I in 26 (1.79%) samples, respectively. The serogroup B of D. nodosus was the predominant (92.47%) serogroup affecting sheep population with footrot followed by serogroup E (19.91%) and serogroup I (4.57%), respectively. Virulent status of D. nodosus strains were confirmed by presence of virulence-specific integrase A (intA) gene and the production of thermostable proteases. The intA gene was detected in 709 (72.79%) samples while gelatin gel test carried out on 246 representative isolates all positive for intA gene produced thermostable proteases, confirming their virulence nature. The PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) of whole fimA gene of serogroup B revealed the predominance of serotype B5 (82.97%) of serogroup B. This information suggests that serotype B5 is the predominant serotype of D. nodosus associated with severe footrot lesions in sheep in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India. Hence, this serotype can be a potential vaccine candidate for the effective control and treatment of ovine footrot.


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Bacterial Vaccines/immunology , Dichelobacter nodosus/physiology , Dichelobacter nodosus/pathogenicity , Foot Rot/prevention & control , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/veterinary , Sheep Diseases/prevention & control , Vaccination/veterinary , Animals , Dichelobacter nodosus/genetics , Dichelobacter nodosus/immunology , Foot Rot/microbiology , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/prevention & control , India/epidemiology , Prevalence , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Serogroup , Sheep , Sheep Diseases/microbiology , Virulence
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Anaerobe ; 51: 36-41, 2018 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29596988

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and identification of leukotoxin gene, lktA, variant strains of Fusobacterium necrophorum in the footrot lesions of sheep. The detection of F. necrophorum was carried out by PCR targeting the lktA gene fragment and identification of lktA variant strains was done by PCR-single stranded conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and gene sequencing. Of the 450 swabs collected from footrot lesions of sheep, 117 were lktA-positive for F. necrophorum. Of the 50 swabs collected from apparently asymptomatic sheep, only one was lktA-positive for F. necrophorum. The overall prevalence of F. necrophorum in footrot affected sheep in Kashmir valley was 26%, and ranged from 20 to 34.8%, respectively. PCR-SSCP of lktA gene fragment analysis revealed three lktA variants, designated as JKS-F1/F2/F3, while two samples (1.7%) showed multiple lktA variant strains of F. necrophorum in a single footrot-affected sheep hoof. This appears to be the first report on the presence of more than one lktA variant of F. necrophorum in a footrot lesion of sheep. The JKS-F3 lktA variant was the most frequent (75.4%), followed by JKS-F2 (14.4%) and JKS-F1 (8.4%), respectively. Among the three lktA variants identified, JKS-F3 was detected in 74 (86.0%) samples from severe footrot affected sheep with a lesion score of 4. The data suggest that JKS-F3 is the predominant lktA variant of F. necrophorum and is associated with severe footrot in sheep. Hence, JKS-F3 may be a significant variant contributing to the severity and duration of the disease in sheep.


Subject(s)
Carrier State/veterinary , Exotoxins/genetics , Fusobacterium Infections/veterinary , Fusobacterium necrophorum/genetics , Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational , Sheep Diseases/microbiology , Animals , Carrier State/microbiology , Fusobacterium Infections/microbiology , Fusobacterium necrophorum/isolation & purification , India , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Prevalence , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Sheep
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Curr Genet ; 34(3): 192-9, 1998 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9745021

ABSTRACT

CaMDR1 (Candida albicans Multi Drug Resistance) encodes a major facilitator whose expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae confers resistance to several unrelated drugs. We describe here the identification and molecular characterization of seven mutant alleles of CaMDR1 (CaMDR1-1 to 1-7). The complete sequencing of CaMDR1 alleles revealed several in-frame point mutations leading to a change in amino-acid residues where insertion/replacement of an aspartate residue in a serine-asparagine-aspartate-rich domain was most noteworthy. Interestingly, these alleles showed a distinct drug resistance profile. The expression of CaMDR1, or of its alleles, in C. albicans cells was enhanced by benomyl, methotrexate and several other unrelated drugs, and was more pronounced in at least one of the azole-resistant clinical isolates.


Subject(s)
Candida albicans/genetics , Drug Resistance, Multiple/genetics , Genes, MDR/genetics , Transcriptional Activation/genetics , Alleles , Amino Acid Sequence , Cloning, Molecular , Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal/genetics , Genes, Fungal/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutation/genetics , Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Sequence Alignment , Sequence Analysis, DNA
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