Association between the vanB2 glycopeptide resistance operon and Tn1549 in enterococci from France
Author(s) -
Akira Umeda
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkf105
Subject(s) - transposable element , biology , operon , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin resistant enterococci , enterococcus , plasmid , genetics , glycopeptide , streptococcaceae , dna transposable elements , gene cluster , gene , vancomycin , bacteria , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , escherichia coli , genome
Linkage between the vanB2 gene cluster and transposon Tn1549 was found in clonally unrelated VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. strains isolated in France. The transposon was chromosomally located or plasmid borne.
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