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Characterization of an IncFII plasmid encoding NDM-1 from Escherichia coli ST131.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current spread of the gene encoding the metallo-ß-lactamase NDM-1 in Enterobacteriaceae is linked to a variety of surrounding genetic structures and plasmid scaffolds.

Methodology

The whole sequence of plasmid pGUE-NDM carrying the bla(NDM-1) gene was determined by high-density pyrosequencing and a genomic comparative analysis with other bla(NDM-1)-negative IncFII was performed.

Principal findings

Plasmid pGUE-NDM replicating in Escherichia coli confers resistance to many antibiotic molecules including β-lactams, aminoglycosides, trimethoprim, and sulfonamides. It is 87,022 bp in-size and carries the two β-lactamase genes bla(NDM-1) and bla(OXA-1), together with three aminoglycoside resistance genes aacA4, aadA2, and aacC2. Comparative analysis of the multidrug resistance locus contained a module encompassing the bla(NDM-1) gene that is actually conserved among different structures identified in other enterobacterial isolates. This module was constituted by the bla(NDM-1) gene, a fragment of insertion sequence ISAba125 and a bleomycin resistance encoding gene.

Significance

This is the first characterized bla(NDM-1)-carrying IncFII-type plasmid. Such association between the bla(NDM-1) gene and an IncFII-type plasmid backbone is extremely worrisome considering that this plasmid type is known to spread efficiently, as examplified with the worldwide dissemination of bla(CTX-M-15)-borne IncFII plasmids.

SUBMITTER: Bonnin RA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3325265 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Characterization of an IncFII plasmid encoding NDM-1 from Escherichia coli ST131.

Bonnin Rémy A RA Poirel Laurent L Carattoli Alessandra A Nordmann Patrice P

PloS one 20120412 4

<h4>Background</h4>The current spread of the gene encoding the metallo-ß-lactamase NDM-1 in Enterobacteriaceae is linked to a variety of surrounding genetic structures and plasmid scaffolds.<h4>Methodology</h4>The whole sequence of plasmid pGUE-NDM carrying the bla(NDM-1) gene was determined by high-density pyrosequencing and a genomic comparative analysis with other bla(NDM-1)-negative IncFII was performed.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Plasmid pGUE-NDM replicating in Escherichia coli confers resis ...[more]

PMID: 22511964

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Dataset Information

Characterization of an IncFII plasmid encoding NDM-1 from Escherichia coli ST131.

Background

Methodology

Principal findings

Significance

Publications

Characterization of an IncFII plasmid encoding NDM-1 from Escherichia coli ST131.

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