| Literature DB >> 33199384 |
Sami Khabthani1, Mouna Hamel1, Sophie Alexandra Baron1, Seydina M Diene1, Jean-Marc Rolain1, Vicky Merhej2.
Abstract
Fosfomycin is a decades-old antibiotic, currently reused because of its activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Here, we used a combined in vitro/in silico approach to search for fosfomycin resistance determinants in 25 new bacterial species isolated from the human microbiota. Putative resistance genes were cloned into a susceptible Escherichia coli strain. MIC values increased from 1 μg/ml to 1,024 μg/ml. Here, we report a new family of potential chromosomal fosfomycin resistance genes, named fosM.Entities:
Keywords: FosM; bacillithiol transferase; fosfomycin resistance; genomes; human microbiota; phylogenetics
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33199384 PMCID: PMC7848996 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01712-20
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191