title: Mosaic structure of a multiple-drug-resistant, conjugative plasmid from Campylobacter jejuni.
abstract: Partial sequence analysis of a tet(O) plasmid from a multiple-drug-resistant clinical isolate of Campylobacter jejuni revealed 10 genes or pseudogenes encoding different aminoglycoside inactivating enzymes, transposase-like genes, and multiple unknown genes from a variety of pathogenic and commensal bacteria. The plasmid could be mobilized by a P incompatibility group plasmid into Escherichia coli, where it apparently integrated into the chromosome and expressed high-level resistance to multiple aminoglycoside antibiotics. This work provides new information about both the nature of drug resistance in C. jejuni and the ability of C. jejuni to exchange genes with other bacterial species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Enteric Diseases, AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Warawadee
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nirdnoy
authors.forename: Carl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guerry
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins