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SUBMITTER: Harrison EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3591899 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harrison Ewan M EM Paterson Gavin K GK Holden Matthew T G MT Morgan Fiona J E FJ Larsen Anders Rhod AR Petersen Andreas A Leroy Sabine S De Vliegher Sarne S Perreten Vincent V Fox Lawrence K LK Lam Theo J G M TJ Sampimon Otlis C OC Zadoks Ruth N RN Peacock Sharon J SJ Parkhill Julian J Holmes Mark A MA
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20121228 3
Recently, a novel variant of mecA known as mecC (mecA(LGA251)) was identified in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from both humans and animals. In this study, we identified a Staphylococcus xylosus isolate that harbors a new allotype of the mecC gene, mecC1. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that mecC1 forms part of a class E mec complex (mecI-mecR1-mecC1-blaZ) located at the orfX locus as part of a likely staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) remnant, which also contains a number ...[more]