Genotypic comparison of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale isolates from commercial chickens of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Professor, Department of Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Avian Diseases Research and Diagnosis Department, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran

3 PhD Student of Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Assitant Professor, Avian Diseases Research and Diagnosis Department, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran

Abstract

    Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) is a newly emerging respiratory bacterial pathogen that causes significant economic losses to the poultry industry. Previous studies in Iran have shown high molecular and genetic similarity among ORT isolates by SDS-PAGE, ERIC-PCR and 16SrRNA gene sequencing during 1999-2009. The aim of this study was the genotyping of ORT isolates recovered from commercial chickens by using RAPD-PCR with OPG11 primer and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). In total, 30 ORT isolates recovered from commercial chickens of Iran during 2000-2017 and confirmed by bacteriological, biochemical and PCR tests were used in this study. All 30 ORT isolates were subjected to RAPD-PCR with OPG11 primer. For MLST, 5 isolates were selected based on their RAPD patterns. Seven primer pairs were synthesized for amplification and sequenceing of seven housekeeping genes of adk, aroE, fumC, gdhA, mdh, pgi and pmi in MLST assay. In RAPD-PCR with OPG11 primer, 9 different genotypes were found. The DNA sequences of the distinct alleles of these seven loci of 5 ORT strains were compared with other alleles deposited in GenBank. Four out of 5 strains belonged to sequence type 9 (ST9) and one strain was found to be a new ST.  Based on the results of the present study, a new sequence type among ORT isolates of Iran was found that has not been previously reported from elsewhere in the world. Further studies on more ORT isolates may help in identification of different sequence types and dominat ST in the country.  

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