Succession in the caecal microbiota of developing broilers colonised by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli.
Ingrid Cárdenas-ReyTeresita D J Bello GonzalezJeanet van der GootDaniela CeccarelliGerwin BouwhuisDanielle SchillemansStephanie D JurburgKees T VeldmanJ Arjan G M de VisserMichael S M BrouwerPublished in: Animal microbiome (2022)
This study assessed the role of ESBL-Ec in the successional dynamics of the caecal microbiota in developing broilers and showed that the presence of ESBL-Ec is associated with mild but consistent reductions in alpha diversity and with transient bacterial compositional differences. We also reported the clonal spread of ESBL-Ec and pointed to the farm environment as a likely source for ESBLs.