Diversity, Virulence Factors, and Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of Pathogenic and Opportunistic Yeast Species in Rock Pigeon (Columba livia ) Fecal Droppings in Western Saudi Arabia
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Article Category: original-paper
Pubblicato online: 05 dic 2019
Pagine: 493 - 504
Ricevuto: 19 giu 2019
Accettato: 29 set 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2019-049
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© 2019 Hussein H. Abulreesh et al., published by Sciendo
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Molecular identification and phenotypical traits of yeast isolates in pigeon feces.
| Yeast isolates ITS ID | Number of isolates | Phenotypic traits | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nit* | Melanin | Urease | Pseudomy* | Capsule | Glu*† | Lact*† | Sucr*† | 37°C‡ | ||
| 11 | – | + | + | – | + | + | – | + | + | |
| 5 | + | + | + | – | + | + | + | + | + | |
| 2 | – | + | + | – | + | + | – | + | + | |
| 1 | + | + | + | – | + | + | + | + | – | |
| 5 | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | + | – | |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | – | + | + | – | + | |
| 5 | – | – | + | – | + | + | – | + | – | |
| 2 | – | – | + | – | + | – | – | – | + | |
| 4 | – | – | – | + | – | + | – | + | – | |
| 1 | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | – | + | |
| 3 | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | + | + | |
| 2 | + | – | + | – | – | + | – | + | – | |
| 2 | – | – | – | + | – | + | + | – | + | |
Detection of virulence factors-encoding genes in yeast species isolated from pigeon feces.
| Yeast isolates ITS ID | Total number of isolates | Virulence factors-encoding genes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| 2 | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 1 | – | – | – | |
| 5 | ND | ND | 5 | |
| 3 | ND | ND | – | |
| 5 | ND | ND | – | |
| 2 | ND | ND | – | |
| 4 | ND | ND | – | |
| 1 | ND | ND | 1 | |
| 3 | ND | ND | – | |
| 2 | ND | ND | – | |
| 2 | ND | ND | – | |
Antifungal susceptibility patterns of yeast species isolated from pigeon feces (diameter zone, mm).
| Yeast species | Number of isolates | Antifungal agents (A)‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox-Olamine | Clotrimazole | Fluconazole | Nystatin | ||
| 11 | 29 (S) | 41 (S) | 51 (S) | 22 (S) | |
| 5 | 33 (S) | 46 (S) | 51 (S) | 22 (S) | |
| 2 | 31 (S) | 46 (S) | 51 (S) | 28 (S) | |
| 1 | 28 (S) | 50 (S) | 56 (S) | 25 (S) | |
| 5 | 54 (S) | 55 (S) | 60 (S) | 35 (S) | |
| 3 | 41 (S) | 45.3 (S) | 57 (S) | 25 (S) | |
| 5 | 42 (S) | 51 (S) | 60 (S) | 35 (S) | |
| 2 | 58 (S) | 60 (S) | 56 (S) | 40 (S) | |
| 4 | 56 (S) | 57.3 (S) | 53 (S) | 48 (S) | |
| 1 | 33 (S) | 38 (S) | 48 (S) | 22 (S) | |
| 3 | 47 (S) | 45 (S) | 65 (S) | 51 (S) | |
| 2 | 53 (S) | 50 (S) | 60 (S) | 44 (S) | |
| 2 | 51 (S) | 51 (S) | 58 (S) | 35 (S) | |
| 1 | 27 (S) | 30 (S) | 39 (S) | 22 (S) | |