Host specificity in the diversity and transfer oflsaresistance genes in group BStreptococcus | Zendy

Pierre-Emmanuel Douarre | Zendy; Elisabeth Sauvage | Zendy; Claire Poyart | Zendy; Philippe Glaser | Zendy

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Host specificity in the diversity and transfer oflsaresistance genes in group BStreptococcus

Author(s) -

Pierre-Emmanuel Douarre,

Elisabeth Sauvage,

Claire Poyart,

Philippe Glaser

Publication year - 2015

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/dkv277

Subject(s) - lincosamides , streptococcus agalactiae , gene , streptococcus , streptococcaceae , biology , group a , genetics , group b , host (biology) , resistance (ecology) , streptococcus pyogenes , microbiology and biotechnology , diversity (politics) , horizontal gene transfer , gene transfer , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , ecology , genome , medicine , political science , law , staphylococcus aureus

In group B Streptococcus (GBS), cross-resistance to lincosamides, streptogramin A and pleuromutilins (LSAP) is mediated by the acquisition of lsa genes. Here, we characterized the diversity, mobility and ecology of lsa genes in this species.

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