Title |
Genetic characterization of novel class 1 Integrons In0, In1069 and In1287 to In1290, and the inference of In1069-associated integron evolution in Enterobacteriaceae
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Published in |
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, August 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s13756-017-0241-9 |
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Authors |
Dongguo Wang, Jianfeng Zhu, Kaiyu Zhou, Jiayu Chen, Zhe Yin, Jiao Feng, Liman Ma, Dongsheng Zhou |
Abstract |
This study aims to characterize genetically related class 1 integrons In1069, In893 and In1287 to In1290, and to further propose a scheme of stepwise integration or excision of individual gene cassettes (GCs) to generation of these integron variations. Six of 139 non-redundant Enterobacteriaceae strains were studied by bacterial antimicrobial susceptibility testing, detection of carbapenemase activity, and integron sequencing and sequence comparison. Six novel class 1 integrons, In0, In1069, and In1287 to In1290, together with the previously characterized In893, were determined from the above strains. An unusual blaKPC-2-carrying In0 and the blaIMP-30-carrying In1069 coexists in a single isolate of Escherichia coli. In0 contains a PcH1 promoter and a truncated aacA4'-3 gene cassette (GCaacA4'-3), as well as a blaKPC-2-containing region of Tn6296 integrated between PcH1 and GCaacA4'-3. In1069 carries GCblaIMP-30 and GCaacA4'-3 in this order. The other five integrons, In893 and In1287 to In1290, are genetically related to In1069, and all possess a core GCaacA4'-3. The integration or excision of one or more individual gene cassettes, such as GCblaIMP-30, GCaadA16, GCcatB3, GCarr3 and GCdfrA27, upstream or downstream of GCaacA4'-3 generates various gene cassettes arrays among these five integrons. These findings provide the insight into stepwise and parallel evolution of In1069-associated integron variations likely under antibiotic selection pressure in clinical settings. |
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