Open AccessDescription of a 2,683-Base-Pair Plasmid Containing qnrD in Two Providencia rettgeri Isolates
Author(s) -
Thomas Guillard,
Emmanuelle Cambau,
Catherine Neuwirth,
Thomas Nenninger,
Aurore Mbadi,
Lucien Brasme,
Véronique Vernet-Garnier,
Odile Bajolet,
Christophe de Champs
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00081-11
Subject(s) - plasmid , salmonella enterica , providencia , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics , enterobacteriaceae , escherichia coli
qnr genes are plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes mainly harbored on large conjugative multiresistant plasmids. TheqnrD gene was recently observed inSalmonella enterica on a small nonconjugative plasmid (p2007057). We describe two strains ofProvidencia rettgeri harboringqnrD on nonconjugative plasmids. The plasmids were 99% identical, with 2,683 bp and four open reading frames, includingqnrD , but exhibited only 53% identity with the plasmid found inS. enterica .