Unravelling the genome of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate belonging to the high-risk clone ST235 reveals an integrative conjugative element housing a blaGES-6 carbapenemase | Zendy

João Botelho | Zendy; Filipa Grosso | Zendy; Luı́sa Peixe | Zendy

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Unravelling the genome of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate belonging to the high-risk clone ST235 reveals an integrative conjugative element housing a blaGES-6 carbapenemase

Author(s) -

João Botelho,

Filipa Grosso,

Luı́sa Peixe

Publication year - 2017

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/dkx337

Subject(s) - integron , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , mobile genetic elements , lineage (genetic) , clone (java method) , genome , genetics , gene , virulence , whole genome sequencing , microbiology and biotechnology , evolutionary biology , plasmid , bacteria

In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the blaGES-6 carbapenemase gene was previously associated with an In1076 class I integron. Here, we conducted a genome-based analysis and explored the genetic platform associated with the mobility of this gene.

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