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ArticleBMC microbiology2022

Characteristics of population structure, antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors, and morphology of methicillin-resistant Macrococcus caseolyticus in global clades.

Yu Zhang, Shengyi Min, Yuxuan Sun, Jiaquan Ye, Zhemin Zhou, Heng Li

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu ZhangPasteurien College, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Shengyi MinPasteurien College, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yuxuan SunPasteurien College, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Jiaquan YePasteurien College, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Zhemin ZhouPasteurien College, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. zmzhou@suda.edu.cn.
Heng LiPasteurien College, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. hli@suda.edu.cn.
Soochow University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrococcus caseolyticus is an opportunistic pathogen that is frequently isolated from dairy products and veterinary infections. Recent studies have reported the possibility of methicillin resistance that be transferred among staphylococcal species in foods. The present study examined the population structure, antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors, and morphology of methicillin-resistant M. caseolyticus by investigation of 94 genomes derived from both isolates in beef (n = 7) and pork (n = 2) at Shanghai and those deposited in public domain (n = 85). Phylogenetically, M. caseolyticus were divided into four clades, which each consisted of genomes isolated from continent of European countries (82.4%, n = 78), Asian countries (11.3%, n = 10), United States (4.1%, n = 4), Australia (1%, n = 1), and Sudan (1%, n = 1). The M. caseolyticus isolated from present study formed a genetically distinguished clade, which was characterized by novel alleles in the traditional 7-gene MLST scheme. Furthermore, we identified 24 AMR genes that were associated with 10 classes of antimicrobial agents in M. caseolyticus. Most AMR genes were carried by dominant plasmids such as rep7a, rep22 and repUS56. The genomes in the global clades carried significantly less AMR genes (p < 0.05) and more virulence factors (p < 0.001) than present clade. Virulence factors were detected in methicillin resistant M. caseolyticus including genes coding hemolysin, adherence, biofilm formation, exotoxin, and capsule that associated to human health and infection. Finally, as the close relative of the genus Staphylococcus, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were performed for morphological comparison that M. caseolyticus has a larger diameter and thicker cell wall compared with S. aureus ATCC 25,923. Taken together, our study suggested that M. caseolyticus mediating divergent antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors could serve as the vector for methicillin resistance habitats in foodborne microorganisms.

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcal InfectionsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCattleChinaDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMethicillin ResistanceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenyStaphylococcaceaeStaphylococcusStaphylococcus aureusVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsVirulence FactorsAntibiotic resistanceMacrococcus caseolyticusMLST typeRetail meatVirulence genes

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