MODRÁ, Helena, Milan BARTOŠ, P. HŘIBOVÁ, Vít ULMANN, D. HUBELOVÁ, O. KONEČNÝ, Milan GERŠL, J. KUDĚLKA, D. VOROS, Ivo PAVLÍK and Petra KAUCKÁ. Detection of mycobacteria in the environment of the Moravian Karst (Bull Rock Cave and the relevant water catchment area): the impact of water sediment, earthworm castings and bat guano. Veterinarni Medicina. Praha: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, No 3, p. 153-168. ISSN 0375-8427. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17221/126/2016-VETMED.
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Original name Detection of mycobacteria in the environment of the Moravian Karst (Bull Rock Cave and the relevant water catchment area): the impact of water sediment, earthworm castings and bat guano
Authors MODRÁ, Helena (203 Czech Republic), Milan BARTOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), P. HŘIBOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Vít ULMANN (203 Czech Republic), D. HUBELOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), O. KONEČNÝ (203 Czech Republic), Milan GERŠL (203 Czech Republic), J. KUDĚLKA (203 Czech Republic), D. VOROS (203 Czech Republic), Ivo PAVLÍK (203 Czech Republic) and Petra KAUCKÁ.
Edition Veterinarni Medicina, Praha, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2017, 0375-8427.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10606 Microbiology
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 0.434
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100394
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/126/2016-VETMED
UT WoS 000396336300006
Keywords in English bat faeces; environmentally derived mycobacteria; potentially pathogenic mycobacteria; ecology; geo-mycobacteriology; biospeleology; cave fauna; epidemiology
Tags NZ, rivok
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Abstract
The presence of mycobacteria was studied in Bull Rock Cave (“Byci skala”) and the water catch - ment area of Jedovnice Brook (“Jedovnicky potok”) using direct microscopy after Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining, culture examination and molecular techniques. Mycobacteria were detected in 47.1% of a total of 68 samples. The mycobacterial genes hsp65 and dnaA were detected and sequenced in 37 (74.0%) out of the 50 cave environmental samples and in 10 (55.6%) out of the 18 samples of water catchment sediments. Nine species of slowly growing mycobacteria ( M. terrae , M. arupense , M. gordonae , M. lentiflavum , M. parascrofulaceum , M. parmense , M. sas - katchewanense , M. simiae and M. xenopi ) and two subsp. ( M. avium subsp. avium and M. avium subsp. hominis - suis ) were detected. Fourteen species of rapidly growing mycobacteria ( M. chelonae , M. chubuense , M. poriferae , M. flavescens , M. fortuitum , M. porcinum , M. rhodesiae , M. gilvum , M. goodii , M. peregrinum , M. mageritense , M. vanbaalenii , M. gadium and M. insubricum ) were detected. The highest mycobacterial presence was docu- mented by ZN staining and/or culture examinations in earthworm castings and bat guano (73.3% positivity out of the 15 samples) in the cave environment and in the water sediments collected under the outflow from the wastewater treatment plants (77.8% positivity out of nine samples). The highest total organic carbon (TOC) was detected in wooden material and earthworm castings with pH values between 5.0 and 7.7 in the cave environment and in water sediments collected under the outflow from the wastewater treatment plants with pH between 5.8 and 7.0. It could be concluded that the karst cave environment with its running surface water contaminated with different microorganisms or chemical substances creates favourable conditions not only for animals (especially earthworms) but also for mycobacteria. This fact is also demonstrated by the presence of these mycobacteria in the cave environment mainly in earthworm castings and bat guano.
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