2008년 3월, 서울의 상수원으로 이용되는 한강에서 분리된 Enterococcus 76주를 동정하고 이 균주들에 대한 항생제 감수성과 항생제 내성유전자 구조분석, 교차접합, PFGE 및 MLST를 실시하였다. 분리 균주 중 E. casseliflavus는 25주이었으며, E. faecalis 및 E. hirae가 각각 4주 및 1주이었다. 항생제 감수성을 조사한 결과 15주가 vancomycin에 대해 내성을 나타내었으며 E. faecium 11주와 E. casseliflavus 4주가 VRE인 것을 알 수 있었다. VRE를 대상으로 vanA 유전자 검출을 통해 6주의 E. faecium가 vanA를 가지는 VREF임을 밝혔으며, vanA가 포함된 transposon인 Tn1546 구조를 분석한 결과 Km36과 Km37은 Tn1 type, Km20과 Km38은 Tn2 type 그리고 Km 39와 Km40은 Tn3 type으로 나타났다. PFGE 결과 6주의 VREF 중 Km36과 Km37은 동일한 subtype을 나타내었으며, 나머지 4주는 각기 다른 subtype을 나타냈다. VREF 6주를 대상으로 MLST를 실시한 결과 3주는 ST78, 나머지 3주는 각각 ST18, ST192 및 ST230로 나타났다. 이들의 clonal complex는 모두 병원에서 분리되는 CC17로부터 파생된 것으로 파악되었으며 4주는 CC78에, 나머지 2주는 각각 CC18과 CC192에 포함된 것을 확인할 수 있었다.
Identification was performed in March 2008 for the 76 Enterococcus strains isolated from the Han-river, which is used as water supply for Seoul citizens. The antibiotic susceptibility, antibiotic resistant structural analysis, trans-conjugation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) were also carried out for the isolated strains. Among the isolated strains, 25 strains were E. casseliflavus, 4 strains were E. faecalis and 1 strain was E. hirae. Investigation of antibiotic susceptibility indicated that 15 strains demonstrated tolerance against vancomycin, and that 11 strains of E. faecium and 4 strains of E. casseliflavus were VRE. The vanA gene detection of the VRE strains revealed that 6 E. faecium strains were vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) possessing vanA. Analyses of transposon Tn1546 structure containing vanA demonstrated that Km36 and Km37 belonged to Tn1 type, Km20 and Km38 was Tn2 type, and Km39 and Km40 was Tn3 type. PFGE disclosed that among the 6 VREF strains, Km36 and Km37 exhibited equivalent subtype, while the rest 4 strains showed subtypes different to each other. MLST for the 6 VREF strains disclosed that 3 strains were ST78, while the rest 3 strains were ST18, ST192 and ST230, respectively. All these clonal complexes were derived from CC17 which has been isolated from clinical sources. 4 strains belonged to CC78, while the rest 2 strains were CC18 and CC192, respectively.