Biochemical properties and serotypes of pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from poultry in Korea
2008
Sung, M.S. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Kim, J.H. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Ha, J.S. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Cho, J.K. (Health and Environmental Research Institute, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Seol, S.Y. (Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Kim, K.S. (Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea), E-mail: kimkiseuk@knu.ac.kr
This study was conducted to investigate biochemical properties and O group serotypes of pathogenic 203 Escherichia (E.) coli isolates from poultry with collibacillosis in Korea during the period from April 2003 to December 2005. Biochemical and fermentative properties of 203 isolates of E. coli tested were in accordance with Cowan and Steel's classification standard. One hundred and forty one isolates (69.5%) could be classified into a total of 20 O serotypes. Among them, the predominant O groups were O78 (32.5%), O88 (7.8%), O15 (6.8%), O141 (6.4%), and O158 (3.0%) in decreased order. Other infrequently encountered serogroups included: O8 (2%), O161 (2%), O20 (1.5%), O125 (1.5%), O2 (1%). And O6, O18, O24, O46, O76, O109, O119, O138, O139 and O148 had a frequency of 0.5%, respectively. Sixty two isolates (30.5%) were non-typeable with standard 173 O antisera used in this study.
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