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Abstract
A plasmid (pP2G1), which confers multidrug resistance in an environmental Aeromonas species, was completely sequenced using a shotgun approach. Plasmid pP2G1 encoded resistance to aminoglycosides and quinolones [aac(6')-Ib-cr], β-lactams (bla(OXA-1)), chloramphenicol (catB3), macrolides [mphA-mrx-mphR], quaternary ammonium compounds (qacEΔ1), quinolones (qnrS2), rifampicin (arr-3) and sulphonamides (sul1). These findings suggest that Aeromonas species may potentially act as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22725683 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03935.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect ISSN: 1198-743X Impact factor: 8.067