Members of the genera Paenibacillus and Rhodococcus harbor genes homologous to enterococcal glycopeptide resistance genes vanA and vanB.
Genes homologous to enterococcal glycopeptide resistance genes vanA and vanB were found in glycopeptide-resistant Paenibacillus and Rhodococcus strains from soil. The putative D-Ala:D-Lac ligase genes in Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus PT-2B1 and Paenibacillus apiarius PA-B2B were closely related to vanA (92 and 87%) and flanked by genes homologous to vanH and vanX in vanA operons.
Guardabassi
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark. lg@kvl.dk
Christensen
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Hasman
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Dalsgaard
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000235:genetics*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases