title: Isolation and characterization of Ochrobactrum anthropi and Ochrobactrum pecoris from caecal content of commercial turkeys.
abstract: Two Gram negative, micro-aerophilic, non-motile and non-spore-forming coccoid bacteria were isolated from female turkey caecal samples collected from a slaughterhouse. The biochemical reaction profiles (API 20 E and API 20 NE) typed both strains as Ochrobactrum anthropi. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene and recA gene sequence similarities the strains were identified as O. anthropi and Ochrobactrum pecoris, respectively. Both strains were highly resistant against beta-lactam antibiotics, chloramphenicol and sulphonamides but variable in susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, gentamicin and tetracycline. This is the first time that Ochrobactrum species were isolated from an avian host, i.e. turkey.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany. hosnyeladawy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hosny
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: ElAdawy
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hotzel
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomaso
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neubauer
authors.forename: Hafez Mohamed
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hafez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D042041:Ochrobactrum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020621:Ochrobactrum anthropi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents