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For this reason, the characterization of non-clinical reservoirs of Enterococci and their epidemiological link to resistant hospital isolates is crucial for controlling their spread.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 295 samples collected from livestock (pigs and cows, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009135) and environment (public buses, passengers hands, and urban environments, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009160) were screened for <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. <jats:italic>E. faecium<\/jats:italic> antimicrobial resistance profiles, virulence potential, and clonal population were further characterized.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Enterococci were detected in 90.5% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009267) of the samples, with a higher prevalence in livestock (100%) than the environment (82.5%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.0001), but none of the isolates exhibited vancomycin resistance. <jats:italic>E. faecalis<\/jats:italic> was the most prevalent species (51.7%), predominantly found in livestock (62.2%), while <jats:italic>E. faecium<\/jats:italic> was more common in the environment. Of the 59 <jats:italic>E. faecium<\/jats:italic> isolates, 78% showed resistance to \u22653 antibiotic classes and contained associated resistance genes, namely tetracyclines (<jats:italic>tetM<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>tetL<\/jats:italic>), beta-lactams (mutations in <jats:italic>pbp5<\/jats:italic>), and high-level resistance to aminoglycosides (<jats:italic>ant(6)-Ia<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>aac(6\u2032)-aph(2\u2033)<\/jats:italic>). A wide array of virulence factors was detected among <jats:italic>E. faecium<\/jats:italic>, associated with adherence, biofilm formation, and adaptation to host response, while hospital-associated virulence markers, such as IS16, were less frequent, probably due to the non-clinical nature of the isolates. Clonal population analysis revealed a diverse <jats:italic>E. faecium<\/jats:italic> population. Although no direct epidemiological link could be traced between our isolates and specific clinical isolates, infection-associated genetic backgrounds were identified in non-clinical isolates: one isolate from pigs belonged to CC17 (ST32), while four isolates belonged to CC94, including one recovered from pigs (ST296), one from cows (ST2206), one from the urban environment (ST1205), and other from buses (ST800).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study underscores a high prevalence of clinically relevant <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic> species among healthy livestock and the environment. Despite the absence of vancomycin resistance and limited hospital infection-associated clonal lineages, the presence of <jats:italic>E. faecium<\/jats:italic> with significant virulence potential and resistance to critical antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine highlights the need for continuing surveillance of non-clinical reservoirs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2024.1466990","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,11]],"date-time":"2024-09-11T04:16:59Z","timestamp":1726028219000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecium from non-clinical settings: antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and clonal population in livestock and the urban environment"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"J\u00e9ssica","family":"Lopes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Herm\u00ednia","family":"de Lencastre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Teresa","family":"Concei\u00e7\u00e3o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"569","DOI":"10.1007\/s10096-023-04579-9","article-title":"Nasotracheal enterococcal carriage and resistomes: detection of optrA-, poxtA- and cfrD-carrying strains in migratory birds, livestock, pets, and in-contact humans in Spain","volume":"42","author":"Abdullahi","year":"2023","journal-title":"Eur. 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