Unexpected finding of Fusobacterium varium as the dominant Fusobacterium species in cattle rumen: potential implications for liver abscess etiology and interventions
Unexpected finding of Fusobacterium varium as the dominant Fusobacterium species in cattle rumen: potential implications for liver abscess etiology and interventions
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意外发现变异梭杆菌作为牛瘤胃中的优势梭杆菌:对肝脓肿病因和干预措施的潜在影响
DOI:
10.1093/jas/skad130
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Alvarez, Pedro J. J.
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作者:
Schwarz, Cory;Mathieu, Jacques;Gomez, Jenny Laverde;Miller, Megan R.;Tikhonova, Marina;Nagaraja, Tiruvoor. G.;Alvarez, Pedro J. J.
Fusobacterium variumhas been generally overlooked in cattle rumen microbiome studies relative to the presumably more abundant liver abscess-causingFusobacterium necrophorum. However,F. variumwas found to be more abundant in the rumen fluid of cattle and under culture conditions tailored to enrichF. necrophorum. Using near-full length 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequencing, we demonstrate thatF. variumgrows under restrictive conditions commonly used to enumerateF. necrophorum, suggesting that previousF. necrophorumabundance assessment may have been inaccurate and thatF. variummay be an underestimated member of the ruminal bacterial community.Fusobacterium variumwere not as susceptible asF. necrophorumto in-feed antibiotics conventionally used in feedlots. Exposure to tylosin, the current gold standard for liver abscess reduction strategies in cattle, consistently hindered growth of theF. necrophorumstrains tested by over 67% (P< 0.05) relative to the unexposed control. In contrast,F. variumstrains were totally or highly resistant (0%–13% reduction in maximum yield,P< 0.05). Monensin, an ionophore antibiotic, had greater inhibitory activity againstF. necrophorumthanF. varium. Finally, preliminary genomic analysis of twoF. variumisolates from the rumen revealed the presence of virulence genes related to those of pathogenic humanF. variumisolates associated with active invasion of mammalian cells. The data presented here encourage further investigation into the ecological role ofF. variumwithin the bovine rumen and potential role in liver abscess development, and proactive interventions.