Novel rearrangement of a class 2 integron in two non-epidemiologically related isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Dec;49(12):5179-81. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.12.5179-5181.2005.

Abstract

Tn7::In2-8 contains sat2-aadB-catB2(deltaattC)-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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Integrons / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Recombination, Genetic

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ176450