Genetic Characterization of a bla VEB-2 -Carrying Plasmid in Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Zendy

Ruichao Li | Zendy; Lianwei Ye | Zendy; Zhiwei Zheng | Zendy; Edward WaiChi Chan | Zendy; Sheng Chen | Zendy

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Genetic Characterization of a bla _VEB-2 -Carrying Plasmid in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Author(s) -

Ruichao Li,

Lianwei Ye,

Zhiwei Zheng,

Edward WaiChi Chan,

Sheng Chen

Publication year - 2016

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.01749-16

Subject(s) - plasmid , vibrio parahaemolyticus , biology , genbank , vibrionaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , vibrio , gene , genetics , strain (injury) , shrimp , escherichia coli , bacteria , ecology , anatomy

This report describes the first detection of a bla VEB-2 gene in a Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain isolated from a shrimp sample. The bla VEB-2 gene was carried on a novel Inc-type plasmid that was likely to have originated from aquatic organisms, as indicated by a comparison with other known genetic elements in the GenBank database. However, the plasmid contains resistance elements usually harbored by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, suggesting that gene transfer events occurred and contributed to the formation of this multidrug resistance-encoding plasmid.

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