Correction: Mbehang Nguema, P.P., et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138

Mbehang Nguema, Pierre Philippe; Onanga, Richard; Ndong Atome, Guy Roger; Obague Mbeang, Jean Constant; Mabika Mabika, Arsène; Yaro, Moussa; Lounnas, Manon; Dumont, Yann; Zohra, Zaidi Fatma; Godreuil, Sylvain; Bretagnolle, François

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Correction: Mbehang Nguema, P.P., et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138

by

Pierre Philippe Mbehang Nguema

^1,2,3,†,

Richard Onanga

^2,*

,

Guy Roger Ndong Atome

⁴,

Jean Constant Obague Mbeang

¹,

Arsène Mabika Mabika

²,

Moussa Yaro

⁴,

Manon Lounnas

^5,6

,

Yann Dumont

^5,6,

Zaidi Fatma Zohra

^6,7,

Sylvain Godreuil

^5,6,† and

François Bretagnolle

^3,†

¹

Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET), (Centre National de recherche Scientifique et Technologique /CENAREST), Libreville BP 13354, Gabon

²

Laboratoire de Bactériologie de Recherche, Unité de recherche et d’Analyses Médicales (URAM), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 679, Gabon

³

UMR CNRS/uB 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France

⁴

Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université des Sciences et Technique de Masuku (USTM), Franceville BP 943, Gabon

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Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, 34 295 Montpellier, France

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UMR MIVEGEC IRD-CNRS-Université de Montpellier, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France

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Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne, FSNV, Université de Bejaia, Bejaia 06000, Algeria

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Microorganisms 2020, 8(9), 1384; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091384

Submission received: 7 September 2020 / Accepted: 7 September 2020 / Published: 10 September 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wildlife Microbiology 2.0)

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The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]: the prevalences of the ESBLs genes in the abstract were not the same as those reported in the results, and as such, the authors would like to replace the original abstract.

In Gabon, terrestrial mammals of protected areas have been identified as a possible source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Some studies on antibiotic resistance in bats have already been carried out. The main goal of our study was to detect extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) that are produced by enterobacteria from bats in the Makokou region in Gabon. Sixty-eight fecal samples were obtained from 68 bats caught in the forests located 1 km from the little town of Makokou. After culture and isolation, 66 Gram-negative bacterial colonies were obtained. The double-disk diffusion test confirmed the presence of ESBLs in six (20.69%) Escherichia coli isolates, four (13.79%) Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, and one (3.45%) Enterobacter cloacae isolate. The analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of the ESBL resistance genes showed that all cefotaximase-Munichs (CTX-Ms) were CTX-M-15 and that all sulfhydryl variables (SHVs) were SHV-11: 41.67% CTX-M-15-producing E. coli, 16.67% CTX-M-15+SHV-11-producing E. coli, 8.33% CTX-M-15-producing K. pneumoniae, 25% CTX-M-15+SHV-11-producing K. pneumoniae, and 8.33% CTX-M-15-produced E. cloacae. This study shows for the first time the presence of multiresistant ESBL-producing enterobacteria in fruit bats in Makokou.

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In Gabon, terrestrial mammals of protected areas have been identified as a possible source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Some studies on antibiotic resistance in bats have already been carried out. The main goal of our study was to detect extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) that are produced by enterobacteria from bats in the Makokou region in Gabon. Sixty-eight fecal samples were obtained from 68 bats caught in the forests located 1 km from the little town of Makokou. After culture and isolation, 66 Gram-negative bacterial colonies were obtained. The double-disk diffusion test confirmed the presence of ESBLs in six (20.69%) Escherichia coli isolates, four (13.79%) Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, and one (3.45%) Enterobacter cloacae isolate. The analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of the ESBL resistance genes showed that all cefotaximase-Munichs (CTX-Ms) were CTX-M-15 and that all sulfhydryl variables (SHVs) were SHV-11: 54.54% ESBL (CTX-M-15)-producing E. coli, 9.09% ESBL (CTX-M-15)-producing K. pneumoniae, 27.27% ESBL (CTX-M-15, SHV-11)-producing K. pneumoniae, and 9.09% ESBL (CTX-M-15)-producing E. cloacae. This study shows for the first time the presence of multiresistant ESBL-producing enterobacteria in fruit bats in Makokou.

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Mbehang Nguema, P.P.; Onanga, R.; Ndong Atome, G.R.; Obague Mbeang, J.C.; Mabika Mabika, A.; Yaro, M.; Lounnas, M.; Dumont, Y.; Zohra, Z.F.; Godreuil, S.; et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Green Version]

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Mbehang Nguema, P.P.; Onanga, R.; Ndong Atome, G.R.; Obague Mbeang, J.C.; Mabika Mabika, A.; Yaro, M.; Lounnas, M.; Dumont, Y.; Zohra, Z.F.; Godreuil, S.; et al. Correction: Mbehang Nguema, P.P., et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1384. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091384

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Mbehang Nguema PP, Onanga R, Ndong Atome GR, Obague Mbeang JC, Mabika Mabika A, Yaro M, Lounnas M, Dumont Y, Zohra ZF, Godreuil S, et al. Correction: Mbehang Nguema, P.P., et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138. Microorganisms. 2020; 8(9):1384. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091384

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Mbehang Nguema, Pierre Philippe, Richard Onanga, Guy Roger Ndong Atome, Jean Constant Obague Mbeang, Arsène Mabika Mabika, Moussa Yaro, Manon Lounnas, Yann Dumont, Zaidi Fatma Zohra, Sylvain Godreuil, and et al. 2020. "Correction: Mbehang Nguema, P.P., et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138" Microorganisms 8, no. 9: 1384. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091384

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Mbehang Nguema, P. P., Onanga, R., Ndong Atome, G. R., Obague Mbeang, J. C., Mabika Mabika, A., Yaro, M., Lounnas, M., Dumont, Y., Zohra, Z. F., Godreuil, S., & Bretagnolle, F. (2020). Correction: Mbehang Nguema, P.P., et al. Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteria from Fruit Bats in an Unprotected Area of Makokou, Gabon. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 138. Microorganisms, 8(9), 1384. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091384

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