Carla Andrea Alonso1, Geovana Brenner Michael2,3, Jun Li2,4, Sergio Somalo1, Carmen Simón5, Yang Wang4, Heike Kaspar6, Kristina Kadlec2, Carmen Torres1, Stefan Schwarz2,3. 1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain. 2. Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany. 3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Centre of Infection Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 4. College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. 5. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. 6. Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Berlin, Germany.
Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed at characterizing 23 Escherichia coli isolates from various sources and their respective bla SHV-12 -carrying plasmids and sequencing one of these plasmids completely. Methods: Isolates were typed by XbaI-PFGE, MLST and PCR-based phylotyping. Transformed bla SHV-12 -carrying plasmids were examined by replicon typing, S1-nuclease, conjugation, EcoRI-HindIII-BamHI digests and plasmid MLST. Co-located resistance genes and integrons as well as the bla SHV-12 genetic environment were analysed by PCR and sequencing. One IncI1 plasmid was sequenced completely using HiSeq 2500 and gap closure by PCRs and Sanger sequencing. Results: Among the 23 SHV-12-positive E. coli , some isolates from different sources showed the same characteristics: ST23/phylogroup A (human, dog, livestock), ST57/D (wild bird, chicken meat) and ST117/D (chicken meat, chicken). All bla SHV-12 genes were horizontally transferable via 30-120 kb plasmids of incompatibility groups IncI1 ( n = 17), IncK ( n = 3), IncF ( n = 1), IncX3 ( n = 1) and a non-typeable plasmid. IncK plasmids, indistinguishable in size and restriction patterns, were found in isolates from different sources (ST57/D, meat; ST131/B2, meat; ST57/B1, dog). The IncI1- bla SHV-12 -carrying plasmids were mostly assigned to plasmid ST (pST) 26 and pST3. Three plasmids showed novel pSTs (pST214, pST215). The majority of the IncI1 transformants exhibited resistance to β-lactams, chloramphenicol and streptomycin (in relation with a class 1 integron containing an estX - psp - aadA2 - cmlA1 - aadA1 - qacI gene cassette array), and to tetracycline. A novel bla SHV-12 environment was detected and whole plasmid sequencing revealed a Tn 21 -derived- bla SHV12 -ΔTn 1721 resistance complex. Conclusions: Results from this study suggest that the dissemination of bla SHV-12 genes occurs by vertical (clonal) and horizontal transfer, the latter mainly mediated through IncI1 multidrug-resistance plasmids.
Objectives: This study aimed at characterizing 23 Escherichia coli isolates from various sources and their respective bla SHV-12 -carrying plasmids and sequencing one of these plasmids completely. Methods: Isolates were typed by XbaI-PFGE, MLST and PCR-based phylotyping. Transformed bla SHV-12 -carrying plasmids were examined by replicon typing, S1-nuclease, conjugation, EcoRI-HindIII-BamHI digests and plasmid MLST. Co-located resistance genes and integrons as well as the bla SHV-12 genetic environment were analysed by PCR and sequencing. One IncI1 plasmid was sequenced completely using HiSeq 2500 and gap closure by PCRs and Sanger sequencing. Results: Among the 23 SHV-12-positive E. coli , some isolates from different sources showed the same characteristics: ST23/phylogroup A (human, dog, livestock), ST57/D (wild bird, chicken meat) and ST117/D (chicken meat, chicken). All bla SHV-12 genes were horizontally transferable via 30-120 kb plasmids of incompatibility groups IncI1 ( n = 17), IncK ( n = 3), IncF ( n = 1), IncX3 ( n = 1) and a non-typeable plasmid. IncK plasmids, indistinguishable in size and restriction patterns, were found in isolates from different sources (ST57/D, meat; ST131/B2, meat; ST57/B1, dog). The IncI1- bla SHV-12 -carrying plasmids were mostly assigned to plasmid ST (pST) 26 and pST3. Three plasmids showed novel pSTs (pST214, pST215). The majority of the IncI1 transformants exhibited resistance to β-lactams, chloramphenicol and streptomycin (in relation with a class 1 integron containing an estX - psp - aadA2 - cmlA1 - aadA1 - qacI gene cassette array), and to tetracycline. A novel bla SHV-12 environment was detected and whole plasmid sequencing revealed a Tn 21 -derived- bla SHV12 -ΔTn 1721 resistance complex. Conclusions: Results from this study suggest that the dissemination of bla SHV-12 genes occurs by vertical (clonal) and horizontal transfer, the latter mainly mediated through IncI1 multidrug-resistance plasmids.
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