title: Sequence analysis of cfxA2-like beta-lactamases in Prevotella species.
abstract: Sixty-two strains of oral (32) and non-oral (30) Prevotella producing beta-lactamases were screened for cfxA by PCR, using an intragenic primer pair. All 62 were cfxA/cfxA2 positive. Fourteen of these strains, representing seven pigmented and seven non-pigmented Prevotella species were submitted to further PCR with specific primers that amplified the whole beta-lactamase structural gene (966 bp). After cloning and sequencing, the deduced amino acid sequences were compared with that of Bacteroides vulgatus CfxA beta-lactamase. All 14 sequences possessed the E272K substitution characteristic of CfxA2. CfxA sensu stricto was not observed in the present series. G83D, F/V189L, W193L and D239Y substitutions were observed more than once, without species specificity. This sequence analysis indicates that most oral and non-oral beta-lactamase-producing Prevotella isolates from French patients produce variants of the CfxA enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital l'Archet 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 151 route de Saint Antoine Ginestière, 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giraud-Morin
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Madinier
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fosse
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D018720:Prevotella / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; C462979:cfxA protein, Prevotella; D001618:beta-Lactamases