›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 68-72.

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Isolation, Identification of Trueperella pyogenes from Dairy Cow and Detection of Major Virulence Genes of the Isolate

LI Wei-jie1, WEI Cai-wen1, LIU Yan2, QI Xiao-xin1, TIAN Ye1, JIANG Tao-zhen1   

  1. 1. China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing 100081, China;
    2. Beijing Zoo, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2014-06-16 Online:2014-11-20 Published:2014-12-06

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the strain CVCC 3982 isolated from a death dairy cow's lung in Beijing and determine its pathogenicity. The suspected pathogen was identified by means of Biolog system and 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Its pathogenicity was determined by artificial inoculation in CD-1 mice, synthetic primers were used to examine the main virulence genes. The results showed that the suspected pathogen was gram positive bacillus, β hemolysis. The identification result of Biolog was Trueperella pyogenes. The homology of 16S rDNA gene sequence with the Trueperella pyogenes type strain NCTC 5224 reached 100%. By the phylogenetic analysis, the isolate was in the same branch with Trueperella pyogenes. The isolate contained hemolysin (plo) gene, neuraminidase H (nanH) gene, neuraminidase P (nanP) gene, fimbriae gene (fimA, fimC, fimE), but was lack of collagen-binding protein (cbpA) gene and fimG gene. Infection of suspected bacteria resulted in mortality to mice by intraperitoneal injection. The results indicated that the isolate was a virulent Trueperella pyogenes.

Key words: dairy cow; Trueperella pyogenes; Biolog; 16S rDNA; virulence genes

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