New Trimethoprim-Resistant Dihydrofolate Reductase Cassette, dfrXV, Inserted in a Class 1 Integron

AUTOR(ES)

Adrian, Peter V.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The nucleotide sequence of a plasmid-borne trimethoprim resistance gene from a commensal fecal Escherichia coli isolate revealed a new dihydrofolate reductase gene, dfrXV, which occurred as a gene cassette integrated in a site-specific manner in a class 1 integron. The new gene shows 84% nucleotide identity and the predicted protein shows 90% amino acid identity with dfrI and DHFR type I, respectively. Genes for spectinomycin resistance, aadA1 [ant (3′′)-Ia], and sulfonamide resistance, sulI, were located downstream of dfrXV in a manner identical to that in pLMO229.

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