<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Isolation, Identification, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <em>Exiguobacterium mexicanum </em>from a Giraffe
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Abstract
In May 2025, a female giraffe in poor body condition died unexpectedly at a zoo in Henan Province, China. A bacterial strain, designated HN-1, was isolated from the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys of the deceased animal. After 24 hours of incubation at 37°C on Luria–Bertani (LB) agar, the colonies appeared round, smooth, pale yellow, translucent, and raised. Gram staining revealed that the isolate was a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, and non-spore-forming bacterium. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the strain showed more than 99.7% homology with reference sequences of E. mexicanum from various sources in GenBank. The results of the susceptibility test showed that E. mexicanum was susceptible to levofloxacin, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim, rifampicin, tetracycline, minocycline, gentamicin, erythromycin, and doxycycline, but resistant to oxacillin, penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and linezolid. These findings provide valuable insights for the diagnosis and treatment of infections caused by E. mexicanum in giraffes.
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The title of this manuscript "<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Isolation, Identification, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <em>Exiguobacterium mexicanum </em>from a Giraffe" is not understandable. It definitely needs to be revised.
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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This Zenodo record is a permanently preserved version of a PREreview. You can view the complete PREreview at https://prereview.org/reviews/17284612.
Write a short summary of the research's main findings and how this work has moved the field forward.
Major issues
The title of this manuscript "<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Isolation, Identification, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <em>Exiguobacterium mexicanum </em>from a Giraffe" is not understandable. It definitely needs to be revised.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The authors declare that they did not use generative AI to come up with new ideas for their review.
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