Distribution of enterotoxin gene-positive Clostridium perfringens spores among human and livestock samples and its potential as a human fecal source tracking indicator

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  • Hashimoto Atsushi
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shobara, Japan
  • Tsuchioka Hiroaki
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shobara, Japan
  • Higashi Kazuyuki
    Department of Creative Technology Engineering, Course of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Anan College, Anan, Japan
  • Ota Naotomo
    Department of Creative Technology Engineering, Course of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Anan College, Anan, Japan
  • Harada Hiroyuki
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shobara, Japan

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  • Distribution of Enterotoxin Gene-positive <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> Spores among Human and Livestock Samples and its Potential as a Human Fecal Source Tracking Indicator

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<p>In this study, to evaluate whether Clostridium perfringens could be a useful fecal indicator in aquatic environments and could be employed as a potential source-tracking indicator, the distribution of C. perfringens spores and their toxin types in sewage and livestock fecal samples were analyzed. A total of 804 C. perfringens spore isolates (366 from human-related sewage and effluents, 128 from cattle, 129 from pigs, 72 from chicken, and 109 from abattoir wastewaters) were analyzed using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect six C. perfringens toxin genes. On the basis of the presence of toxin genes, most of the isolates from both human sewage and livestock samples were determined as C. perfringens type A and they expressed cpa alone or cpa and C. perfringens enterotoxin (cpe) with or without cpb2. Moreover, cpe-positive C. perfringens was detected with frequencies of 29% and 32% in human sewage and effluents, respectively. However, only one isolate (from cattle feces) was cpe-positive among all the livestock samples tested. Thus, the distribution of cpe-positive C. perfringens should be considered an important source tracking indicator for human fecal pollution. Furthermore, we conclude that sewage effluents are a significant source of cpe-positive C. perfringens pollution.</p>

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