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Camila C Dos Santos1, Raquel Rita Mocellin1, Amanda L Toigo2
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Agrícola e do Ambiente, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Departamento de Microbiologia, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Heavy metal pollution is a global environmental problem. Enterococci have been recognized as sentinels of environmental pollution.This study investigates metal tolerance genes (arsA, merA, and tcrB) among enterococci isolated from fecal samples of domestic and wild animals from Atlantic Forest, Pampa biomes, and coastal regions of southern Brazil. Among the 238 enterococci analyzed, 38% harbored arsA_I/arsA_II and 10% contained tcrB, while none tested positive for merA genes. These results suggest that the selective pressure exerted by anthropogenic activities in the animals' habitats may contribute to the occurrence of heavy metal tolerance genes in host-associated enterococci.
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