Comparative Genome Analysis of Enterococcus cecorum Reveals Intercontinental Spread of a Lineage of Clinical Poultry Isolates

Comparative Genome Analysis of Enterococcus cecorum Reveals Intercontinental Spread of a Lineage of Clinical Poultry Isolates

ABSTRACT Enterococcus cecorum is an emerging pathogen responsible for osteomyelitis, spondylitis, and femoral head necrosis causing animal suffering and mortality and requiring antimicrobial use in poultry. Paradoxically, E. cecorum is a common inhabitant of the intestinal microbiota of adult chicke...

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Main Authors: Jeanne Laurentie, Valentin Loux, Christelle Hennequet-Antier, Emilie Chambellon, Julien Deschamps, Angélina Trotereau, Sylviane Furlan, Claire Darrigo, Florent Kempf, Julie Lao, Marine Milhes, Céline Roques, Benoit Quinquis, Céline Vandecasteele, Roxane Boyer, Olivier Bouchez, Francis Repoila, Jean Le Guennec, Hélène Chiapello, Romain Briandet, Emmanuelle Helloin, Catherine Schouler, Isabelle Kempf, Pascale Serror
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-04-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Enterococcus cecorum
comparative genomics
avian pathogenesis
antimicrobial resistance
poultry
veterinary pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00495-22

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