›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 199-203.

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Isolation and Identification of a Resistant K.peneumoniae Strain from Rabbits

ZHANG Zhi, LI Zai-xin, ZENG Guang-ju, LI Bing-chao, HU Wei-dong, ZHAO Zhi-ping, LIU Zhang-qin, CHEN Yu-yun   

  1. School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
  • Received:2013-02-04 Online:2013-09-20 Published:2013-09-18

Abstract: A suspected pathogen was newly isolated from rabbits with diarrhea and respiratory tract infection by isolation and culture. To further understand some features of this suspected bacteria, microscopic examination, biochemical detection including capsular stain, drug sensitive test and 16S rDNA sequence analysis were performed. The results showed that the isolated bacteria was in rod containing rich capsular polysaccharide, and demonstrated a significant multi-drug resistance to streptomycin, gentamicin, ampicillin, gentamicin sulfate, kanamycin sulfate and chloramphenicol at different levels. Furthermore 16S rDNA sequence of this suspected bacteria was cloned by PCR and sequenced, the result showed that 16S rDNA sequence shared about 99% similarity to that of K.pneumonia standard strains provided by GenBank. In addition, infection of suspected bacteria (109 CFU/mL) resulted in mortality to rabbits by intraperitoneal injection, but not by oral administration. Altogether, it could be concluded that the isolated bacteria was a member of K.pneumonia and contributed to the disease of rabbits.

Key words: K.pneumonia; drug resistance; isolation; identification

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