Open Accessbla IMP-9 and Its Association with Large Plasmids Carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the People's Republic of China
Author(s) -
Ji Xiong,
Michael F. Hynes,
Huifen Ye,
Chen Hui-ling,
Yilin Yang,
Fatima M’Zali,
Peter M. Hawkey
Publication year - 2006
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.50.1.355-358.2006
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonadales , pseudomonadaceae , china , biology , pseudomonas , bacteria , genetics , gene , geography , archaeology
A novel plasmid-mediated metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-9) is described in seven isolates ofPseudomonas aeruginosa from Guangzhou, China, isolated in 2000. The gene was carried on a large (∼450-kb) IncP-2 conjugative plasmid. This is the first report of carriage ofbla IMP genes on such large plasmids.