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Table 4 Distribution of toxigenic and resistance genes in the obtained B. cereus

From: Meat and meat products as potential sources of emerging MDR Bacillus cereus: groEL gene sequencing, toxigenic and antimicrobial resistance

Type

Genes

n

%

Chi-square

p-value

Toxigenic genes

nheA

42

100

55.723

p < 0.0001

nheB

35

83.3

nheC

42

100

hblB

7

16.6

hblC

25

59.5

hblD

25

59.5

hblA

5

11.9

cytK

32

76.2

ces

23

54.7

pc-plc

13

30.9

Antibiotic resistance genes

bla1

42

100

30.769

p > 0.0001

bla2

34

80.9

tetA

30

71.4

tetB

6

14.3

ermA

18

42.9