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Our article describes the isolation of E. albertii, for the first time in Russia, from the intestines of birds on a quail farm and a characterization of obtained cultures. We isolated different bacteria from pathological poultry material using bacteriological methods and ruled them out as probable causes for enteritis. The biochemical identification of E.\u00a0albertii and antibiotic sensitivity were performed using a Vitek-2 Compact instrument. Bacterial identification was carried out using the MALDI-TOF Biotyper instrument. E.\u00a0albertii-specific genes, virulence factor genes, and microcin genes were detected by real-time PCR. It was concluded that E. albertii isolated from sites of intestinal inflammation are a potential cause of enteritis and high poultry mortality\u2014up to 15% of total livestock for 10- to 20-day-old quails. One of the E. albertii culture differed from the main group of Escherichia by its biochemical properties, and subsequent PCR analysis showed a lack of the intimin gene (eae). We describe the first occasion of infection caused by E. albertii in industrial quails. During the study, it was found that, according to the molecular\u2013genetic and phenotypic properties of isolated strains in quails, there were at least two clonal groups of E. albertii differing in antibiotic resistance, biochemical indices, and presence of the eae (intimin) gene.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms13040816","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,4]],"date-time":"2025-04-04T11:31:00Z","timestamp":1743766260000},"page":"816","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Cases of Isolation of Escherichia albertii Strains from Commercial Quails with Gastroenteritis in Russia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8635-8366","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marat G.","family":"Teymurazov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal Budget Institution of Science State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (FBUN SRCAMB), Obolensk 142279, Russia"},{"name":"Federal Scientific Center All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Sciences Named After K.I. 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