Open AccessCharacterization of the conjugative transposon Tn 6000 from Enterococcus casseliflavus 664.1H1 (formerly Enterococcus faecium 664.1H1)
Author(s) -
Brouwer Michael S.M.,
Mullany Peter,
Roberts Adam P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02018.x
Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , biology , transposable element , mobile genetic elements , plasmid , genetics , enterococcus , virulence , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogenicity island , bacteria , gene , genome
Tn 6000 (formerly EfcTn 1 ) from Enterococcus casseliflavus strain 664.1H1 (previously Enterococcus faecium 664.1H1) is a tetracycline resistance‐encoding conjugative transposon of the Tn 916 ‐like family of mobile genetic elements. Sequence analysis of Tn 6000 shows that it has a novel modular structure, comprising fragments of diverse proven and putative mobile elements including plasmids, conjugative transposons and virulence and pathogenicity islands.