Table 3.
Top differentially abundant antibiotic resistance genes between high and low H/L ratio SE-infected chickens based on CARD database annotation.
| Dpi | ARO_accession | ARO_name | ARO_description | High H/L | Low H/L | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | ARO:3000535 | macB | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance | 186614.57 | 119323.33 | 152969 |
| ARO:3002987 | bcrA | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance | 129499.43 | 77335 | 103417 | |
| ARO:3003948 | efrA | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance | 55466.28 | 37465 | 46465.6 | |
| ARO:3000816 | mtrA | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance; gene modulating antibiotic efflux | 35186.57 | 21259.33 | 28223 | |
| ARO:3003728 | vanRI | glycopeptide resistance gene; gene conferring antibiotic resistance via molecular bypass; antibiotic resistance gene cluster, cassette, or operon | 31387.14 | 19896.66 | 25641.9 | |
| 21 | ARO:3000838 | arlR | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance; gene modulating antibiotic efflux | 44618.66 | 33624.28 | 39121.5 |
| ARO:3000816 | mtrA | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance; gene modulating antibiotic efflux | 33085.66 | 22460.86 | 27773.3 | |
| ARO:3003950 | msbA | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance | 66771.33 | 44274.57 | 55523 | |
| ARO:3000024 | patA | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance | 27094.33 | 32503.43 | 29798.9 | |
| ARO:3002881 | lmrC | efflux pump conferring antibiotic resistance | 51802 | 34890.28 | 43346.1 | |
| ARO:3003844 | mfd | antibiotic target protection protein; fluoroquinolone resistance gene | 60226.33 | 58644 | 59435.2 |
Twenty-six birds were used, including H7: High H/L SE-infected 7 dpi (n = 7), L7: Low H/L SE-infected 7 dpi (n = 6), H21: high H/L SE-infected 21 dpi (n = 6) and L21: Low H/L SE-infected 21 dpi (n = 7).