文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Wu, Liting ¹ ; Yu, Zugong ¹ ; Li, Penghui ¹ ; Wang, Zhenyu ³ ; Li, Qiuchun ³ ; Bao, Hongduo ² ; Garcia, Pilar ⁴ ; Letarov, Andrey ⁵ ; Zhou, Yan ² ; Zhang, Hui ² ;

作者机构： 1.Nanjing Agr Univ, Nanjing 210014, Peoples R China

2.Jiangsu Acad Agr Sci, Jiangsu Key Lab Food Qual & Safety, State Key Lab Cultivat Base MOST, Nanjing 210014, Peoples R China

3.Yangzhou Univ, Jiangsu Key Lab Zoonosis, Yangzhou 225009, Peoples R China

4.Dairy Res Inst Asturias IPLA CSIC, Asturias 33300, Spain

5.Russian Acad Sci, Winogradsky Inst Microbiol, Res Ctr Biotechnol, Moscow 117312, Russia

关键词： Clostridium perfringens; Antimicrobial resistance; Toxin gene; Phage; MLST; CgSNP; CRISPR/Cas system

期刊名称：CURRENT RESEARCH IN FOOD SCIENCE （ 影响因子：7.0； 五年影响因子：7.7 ）

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年卷期： 2025 年 11 卷

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摘要： Clostridium perfringens is an important food-borne anaerobic bacterium that can cause chronic disease in humans and animals. The complex toxins that it produces can cause diarrhea, necrotizing enteritis, and even death. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of antibiotic resistance genes and determinants of toxin production in various strains of C. perfringens, derived from different geographical locations and animal sources, through whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and bioinformatics analysis. Antimicrobial resistance testing revealed a notable prevalence of resistance among isolates, with 39.5 % being resistant to clindamycin and 32.6 % resistant to tetracycline. Additionally, 29.1 % of the isolates were found to be resistant to at least two classes of commonly used antibiotics. TetA(P) and tetB(P), associated with tetracycline resistance, were the most frequently identified resistance genes, present in 93.0 % and 79.0 % of the isolates, respectively. Virulence genes encoding extracellular collagenases (colA and colSI), alpha-toxin (plc), and sialidase (nanH) were detected in 85 isolates, representing 99 % of all sequenced strains. Notably, the gene encoding C. perfringens enterotoxin (cpe) was identified in only one isolate, which originated from chicken. Multi-locus sequence typing revealed that the 86 representative isolates belonged to 49 sequence types (STs), including 33 unique, previously uncharacterized STs. Furthermore, 30.23 % of these STs were grouped into six clonal complexes (CCs). CgSNP analysis of globally circulating isolates demonstrated that the prevalence of the virulence gene cpe was higher in these isolates than in clinical strains. The identification of multi-drug resistance and toxin-encoding genes among the isolates underscores the concerning spread of antimicrobial resistance among C. perfringens affecting both animals and humans. The diversity of CRISPR/Cas system provided addition insight into complex genetic correlations and evolutionary dynamics of pathogenic C. perfringens. Notably, the phage SD72 exhibited a broad inhibitory effect against C. perfringens isolates, irrespective of STs types and antimicrobial resistance (74/86, 80.1 %). These findings highlight the urgent need for enhanced epidemic surveillance of C. perfringens in livestock settings to mitigate the risks of human transmission via environmental or food sources. Additionally, bacteriophages present a promising avenue as bio-antimicrobial agents for controlling the transmission of C. perfringens from animal sources to humans.