title: Members of the genera Paenibacillus and Rhodococcus harbor genes homologous to enterococcal glycopeptide resistance genes vanA and vanB.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark. lg@kvl.dk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guardabassi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalsgaard
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases