Open AccessIdentification and prevalence of RND family multidrug efflux pump oqxAB genes in Enterococci isolates from swine manure in China
Author(s) -
Yuan Li,
Yajun Zhai,
Hua Wu,
Huarun Sun,
Zhi-pei He,
Yabin Wang,
Yongchu Pan,
Nan-nan Kuang,
Gongzheng Hu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000736
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , efflux , biology , identification (biology) , gene , genetics , ecology
The resistance/nodulation/cell division (RND) family multidrug efflux pump, OqxAB, has been identified as one of the leading mechanisms of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance and has become increasingly prevalent among Enterobacteriaceae in recent years. However, oqxAB genes have not yet been reported in Enterococcus isolates. The aim of the present study was to identify the oqxAB genes and investigate their prevalence among Enterococcus from swine manure in China.