Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Distribution of mef(A) in gram-positive bacteria from healthy Portuguese children.

ABSTRACT: We screened 615 gram-positive isolates from 150 healthy children for the presence of the erm(A), erm(B), erm(C), erm(F), and mef(A) genes. The mef(A) genes were found in 20 (9%) of the macrolide-resistant isolates, including Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., and Streptococcus spp. Sixteen of the 19 gram-positive isolates tested carried the other seven open reading frames (ORFs) described in Tn1207.1, a genetic element carrying mef(A) recently described in Streptococcus pneumoniae. The three Staphylococcus spp. did not carry orf1 to orf3. A gram-negative Acinetobacter junii isolate also carried the other seven ORFs described in Tn1207.1. A Staphylococcus aureus isolate, a Streptococcus intermedius isolate, a Streptococcus sp. isolate, and an Enterococcus sp. isolate had their mef(A) genes completely sequenced and showed 100% identity at the DNA and amino acid levels with the mef(A) gene from S. pneumoniae.

SUBMITTER: Luna VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC127387 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Json Xml
altmetric image

Publications

Distribution of mef(A) in gram-positive bacteria from healthy Portuguese children.

Luna Vicki A VA   Heiken Marc M   Judge Kathleen K   Ulep Catherine C   Van Kirk Nicole N   Luis Henrique H   Bernardo Mario M   Leitao Jose J   Roberts Marilyn C MC  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20020801 8

We screened 615 gram-positive isolates from 150 healthy children for the presence of the erm(A), erm(B), erm(C), erm(F), and mef(A) genes. The mef(A) genes were found in 20 (9%) of the macrolide-resistant isolates, including Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., and Streptococcus spp. Sixteen of the 19 gram-positive isolates tested carried the other seven open reading frames (ORFs) described in Tn1207.1, a genetic element carrying mef(A) recently described in Streptococcus pneumoniae. The thre  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

Unknown Distribution and diversity of olefins and olefin-biosynthesis genes in Gram-positive bacteria.
| S-EPMC7158056 | biostudies-literature
Unknown Transcriptional attenuation controls macrolide inducible efflux and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and in other Gram-positive bacteria containing mef/mel(msr(D)) elements.
| S-EPMC4335068 | biostudies-literature
Unknown Sortase enzymes in Gram-positive bacteria.
| S-EPMC3590066 | biostudies-literature
Unknown Phage Adsorption to Gram-Positive Bacteria.
| S-EPMC9863714 | biostudies-literature
Other Identification of Gram-positive bacteria using BC-GP assay
2014-05-30 | GSE57245 | GEO
Transcriptomics Identification of Gram-positive bacteria using BC-GP assay
2014-05-30 | E-GEOD-57245 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Proteomics Automated Phosphopeptide Enrichment for Gram Positive Bacteria
2021-08-26 | PXD025459 | Pride
Unknown Conjugative plasmid transfer in gram-positive bacteria.
| S-EPMC156469 | biostudies-literature
Unknown Automated Phosphopeptide Enrichment for Gram-Positive Bacteria.
| S-EPMC8491273 | biostudies-literature
Unknown Type IV pili in Gram-positive bacteria.
| S-EPMC3811610 | biostudies-literature