Molecular characterization of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157 and O153 isolated from tissue camel and human stool samples in al-Diwaniyah, Iraq

Abstract EN

The present study aimed to describe the genetic relationships of zoonotic characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from human and livestock camel clinical infection.

The study includes collected (50) meat of camel and (50) stool human samples.

These samples were foreword to traditional bacterial isolation and identification using enrichment culture method and biochemical tests, then confirmed by PCR technique based on Gyr B gene Escherichia coli and DNA sequencing was done on some positive isolates.

The results show that Escherichia coli were isolated from animals at 42 (84%) and 39 (78%) from human infection.

The PCR technique was show highly sensitive and specific confirmative detection of Escherichia coli the positive results into 40 (95%) meat sample of camel, and 35 (89.7%) stool sample of a human.

To evaluate of Virulence E.coli,we used specific virulence hlyA gene from NCBI-GenBank, published sequence of E.

coli hly A gene (Genbank code: X94129.1) and the results show high of presence of virulence gene hly A in camel in percentage (19) 45% than of virulence gene in human (15) 38%.

DNA sequencing of a partial sequence of GyrB gene was shown highly homology sequence identity with NCBI-Blast Escherichia coli strain O157H7 isolates from human and O153H3 from the camel.

The phylogenetic analysis was shown there is clear genetic similarity at between human and animal’s E.

coli isolates and then the gene sequence deposited into NCBI-Genbank accession numbers (MG560867.1, MG560866.1).

Also, study design for detection of some virulence gene hly A Escherichia coli.

In conclusion, there prevalence E.

coli in humans and camel.

Therefore, it is essential to define the role of animals as an important source for the distribution of pathogen related to public health.

Our study found gyrB gene sequence could be used for identification and making a phylogenetic analysis of gyrB nucleotide.