Novel Rearrangement of a Class 2 Integron in Two Non-Epidemiologically Related Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

Tn7::In2-8 contains sat2-aadB-catB2(attC)-dfrA1-sat2-aadA1-orfX in the variable region of a class 2 integron embedded in the Tn7-like transposon. This novel transposon was inserted in its preferred site downstream of the glms gene in Acinetobacter baumannii. Acquisition of the pseudocassette catB2 c...

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Autores: Ramirez, Maria Soledad, Quiroga, Cecilia, Centron, Daniela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/152798
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/152798
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Novel Rearrangement
Non-Epidemiologically
Acinetobacter baumannii
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
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Sumario:Tn7::In2-8 contains sat2-aadB-catB2(attC)-dfrA1-sat2-aadA1-orfX in the variable region of a class 2 integron embedded in the Tn7-like transposon. This novel transposon was inserted in its preferred site downstream of the glms gene in Acinetobacter baumannii. Acquisition of the pseudocassette catB2 could have arisen by a secondary-site integrase-mediated intermolecular recombination event.