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The BD Phoenix\n                    <jats:sup>TM<\/jats:sup>\n                    -100 automated microbial identification system and E-test strips were used to determine the resistance phenotype and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of the isolates. Whole genome sequencing and analysis were conducted on multidrug resistant (MDR) isolates and an evolutionary tree was constructed. Seventy-four samples had\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolated (29.7%), 43.2% of isolates carried an antimicrobial resistant phenotype and 21.6% isolates were considered to be MDR strains. The tetracycline resistance rate was highest (41.9%), followed by ampicillin (20.3%), chloramphenicol (18.9%) and trimethoprim\/sulfamethoxazole (17.6%). The highest MIC values of ampicillin, cefazolin, cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and chloramphenicol were eight to 32 times the cutoff point for antimicrobial resistance. Twenty-one types of resistance genes and 35 virulence-associated genes were detected in the MDR isolates and the main type of plasmid was IncFIB. The\n                    <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene was detected for the first time in MDR\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolated from the black-faced spoonbill. The\n                    <jats:italic>astA<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene was only detected in nine isolates with undetected antimicrobial resistant phenotype. Genetic diversity analysis showed that nine\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolates were mainly concentrated and clustered in independent evolutionary branches in the phylogenetic tree, with serotypes of O-:H8 and the multilocus sequence typing was ST2077, which were in the same evolutionary branch as habitat domesticated animals and environmental isolates. 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