Open AccessIdentification of a Transferable Linear Plasmid Carrying the Macrolide-Clindamycin Resistance Gene erm (X) in a Cutibacterium acnes Isolate from a Patient with Acne Vulgaris in Japan
Author(s) -
Juri Koizumi,
Keisuke Nakase,
Hidemasa Nakaminami
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.00094-22
Subject(s) - acne , clindamycin , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , propionibacterium acnes , antibiotic resistance , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , strain (injury) , gene , biology , antibiotics , genetics , anatomy
Cutibacterium acnes , one of the common skin bacteria, is known to exacerbate acne vulgaris. Macrolide-clindamycin-resistantC. acnes strains have been reported worldwide. In this study, we found a transferable linear plasmid carrying the macrolide-clindamycin resistance geneerm (X) in aC. acnes strain isolated from a patient with acne vulgaris.