Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and virulence factors of Enterococcus species in racing pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica)

Dolka, Beata; Czopowicz, Michał; Chrobak-Chmiel, Dorota; Ledwoń, Aleksandra; Szeleszczuk, Piotr

doi:10.1186/s12917-019-2200-6

Table 2 Percent of positive reactions (%) in rapid ID 32 STREP (bioMérieux, France) for Enterococcus species (n = 145) isolated from racing pigeons

From: Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and virulence factors of Enterococcus species in racing pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica)

Parameter	E. columbae n = 50	E. hirae n = 30	E. faecalis n = 17	E. faecium n = 17	E. gallinarum n = 13	E. mundtii n = 7	E. casseliflavus n = 5	E. cecorum n = 3	E. durans n = 3	Chi-square test p-value
ADH	22.0↓	93.3	100	94.1	92.3	100	40.0↓	33.3↓	100	< 0.001
βGLU	92.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0.365
βGAR	78.0	43.3↓	5.9↓	23.5↓	38.5↓	42.9↓	20.0↓	66.7	66.7	< 0.001
βGUR	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.590
αGAL	96.0	90.0	29.4↓	70.6	92.3	100	80.0	100	66.7	< 0.001
PAL	46.0↑	3.3	0	0	7.7	0	0	66.7↑	0	< 0.001
RIB	100	100	100	100	100	85.7	100	100	100	0.624
MAN	76.0	13.3↓	100	100	100	71.4	100	100	33.3↓	< 0.001
SOR	88.0	23.3↓	88.2	29.4↓	0↓	28.6↓	60.0	66.7	33.3	< 0.001
LAC	98.0	96.7	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0.960
TRE	96.0	80.0	100	88.2	100	57.1↓	80.0	100	100	0.019
RAF	100.0	43.3	29.4↓	47.1↓	92.3	28.6↓	80.0	100	66.7	< 0.001
VP	86.0	83.3	76.5	88.2	69.2	85.7	80.0	66.7	100	0.829
APPA	14.0	10.0	5.9	5.9	0	14.3	0	0	33.3	0.507
βGAL	90.0	93.3	17.7↓	94.1	100	100	100	66.7	100	< 0.001
PYRA	10.0↓	93.3	100	100	100	100	100	0↓	100	< 0.001
βNAG	12.0↓	83.3	88.2	70.6	100	57.1	60.0	100	33.3	< 0.001
GTA	96.0	90.0	100	52.9↓	100	85.7	80.0	100	66.7	< 0.001
HIP	2.0↓	3.3↓	41.2	41.2	92.3↑	0↓	0↓	33.3	0↓	< 0.001
GLYG	2.0	0	0	5.9	0	0	0	0	0	0.883
PUL	20.0↑	0	0	0	0	0	20.0↑	0	0	0.004
MAL	100	96.7	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0.923
MEL	100	86.7	29.4↓	64.7↓	92.3	28.6↓	80.0	100	66.7	< 0.001
MLZ	26.0	0	82.4↑	11.8	0	0	80.0↑	33.3	0	< 0.001
SAC	100	100	88.2	100	100	100	100	100	100	0.360
LARA	76.0	16.7↓	17.7↓	94.1	100	85.7	100	33.3↓	0↓	< 0.001
DARL	48.0↑	3.3	0	0	0	0	0	66.7↑	0	< 0.001
MβDG	66.0↓	96.7	94.1	100	100	100	100	100	100	< 0.001
TAG	36.0	10.0	100↑	47.1	100↑	57.1	80.0↑	66.7↑	0↓	< 0.001
βMAN	24.0↓	63.3	94.1	70.6	100	85.7	100	100	66.7	< 0.001
CDEX	92.0	83.3	100	82.4	92.3	100	40.0↓	100	66.7	0.036
URE	2.0	0	0	5.9	0	0	0	0	0	0.883

ADH (arginine dihydrolase), βGLU (β-glucosidase), βGAR (β-galactosidase), βGUR (β-glucuronidase), αGAL (α-galactosidase), PAL (alkaline phosphatase), RIB (ribose), MAN (mannitol), SOR (sorbitol), LAC (lactose), TRE (trehalose), RAF (rafinose), VP (Voges Proskauer, aceton production), APPA (alanyl-phenylalanyl-proline arylamidase), βGAL (β-galactosidase), PYRA (pyroglutamic acid arylamidase), βNAG (N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase), GTA (glycyl-tryptophan arylamidase), HIP (hydrolysis of hipurate), GLYG (glycogen), PUL (pullulane), MAL (maltose), MEL (melibiose), MLZ (melezitose), SAC (saccharose), LARA (L-arabinose), DARL (D-arabitol), CDEX (cyclodextrin), MβDG (methyl-βD-glucopyranoside), TAG (tagatose), βMAN (β-mannosidase), URE (urease)

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