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First report of the multidrug resistance gene cfr and the phenicol resistance gene fexA in a Bacillus strain from swine feces.

ABSTRACT: A multidrug resistance gene, cfr, and a phenicol resistance gene, fexA, were detected in a Bacillus strain, BS-01, isolated from swine feces. The cfr gene was carried on a novel 16.5-kb plasmid, designated pBS-01. A complete Tn917 structure, which harbors the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance gene erm(B), was located downstream of the cfr gene. The fexA gene was discovered in the chromosomal DNA of the BS-01 strain and identified in a Tn558 variant.

SUBMITTER: Dai L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2935014 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First report of the multidrug resistance gene cfr and the phenicol resistance gene fexA in a Bacillus strain from swine feces.

Dai Lei L Wu Cong-Ming CM Wang Ming-Gui MG Wang Yang Y Wang Yu Y Huang Si-Yang SY Xia Li-Ning LN Li Bei-Bei BB Shen Jian-Zhong JZ

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20100628 9

A multidrug resistance gene, cfr, and a phenicol resistance gene, fexA, were detected in a Bacillus strain, BS-01, isolated from swine feces. The cfr gene was carried on a novel 16.5-kb plasmid, designated pBS-01. A complete Tn917 structure, which harbors the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance gene erm(B), was located downstream of the cfr gene. The fexA gene was discovered in the chromosomal DNA of the BS-01 strain and identified in a Tn558 variant. ...[more]

PMID: 20585133

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First report of the multidrug resistance gene cfr and the phenicol resistance gene fexA in a Bacillus strain from swine feces.

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First report of the multidrug resistance gene cfr and the phenicol resistance gene fexA in a Bacillus strain from swine feces.

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