Jinpeng Yang, Yanshan Chen, Zhiyou Dong, Wenqing Zhang, Lijuan Liu, Wanyu Meng, Qianlan Li, Keyi Fu, Ziyao Zhou, Haifeng Liu, Zhijun Zhong, Xiao Xiao, Jieyao Zhu, Guangneng Peng
Enterococcus spp., as an opportunistic pathogen, are widely distributed in the environment and the gastrointestinal tracts of both humans and animals. Captive Asian elephants, popular animals at tourist attractions, have frequent contact with humans. However, there is limited information on whether captive Asian elephants can serve as a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The aim of this study was to characterize AMR, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), virulence-associated genes (VAGs), gelatinase activity, hemolysis activity, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus spp...
2023: Frontiers in Microbiology