title: Nonconjugative transposition of the vanB-containing Tn5382-like element in Enterococcus faecium.
abstract: The vanB2 operon encoding glycopeptide resistance is an integral part of the putative conjugative transposon Tn5382. Characterization of clinical glycopeptide resistant derivatives from an epidemic ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strain showed precise chromosomal or plasmid insertions of a vanB2-containing Tn5382-like element. Conjugative transposition of the Tn5382-like element was not demonstrated in retransfer studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Virology, University and University Hospital of Tromsø Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Kristin H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: Torunn P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Røkenes
authors.forename: Eirik W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Lundblad
authors.forename: Arnfinn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sundsfjord
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000235:genetics*; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics*