Interspecies mobilization of an erm(T)-carrying plasmid of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. Equisimilis by a coresident ICE of the ICESa2603 family

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-26

  Palmieri, Claudio ^a   Magi, Gloria ^a   Creti, Roberta ^b   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^b   Imperi, Monica ^b   Gherardi, Giovanni ^c   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrative and conjugative elements; Macrolide resistance; Plasmid mobilization; Streptococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; ERM(T) PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERMTR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 84871224747     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks352     Document Type: Article

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