Class I integron with a group II intron detected in an Escherichia coli strain from a free-range reindeer.
An Escherichia coli strain, isolated from wild reindeer in a remote mountain area, contained a class 1 integron with two unusual features: a group II intron and a cassette with homology to a superintegron cassette. Alignments indicate that attC sites of gene cassettes may be insertion sites for introns.
Sunde
Marianne
M
Section of Bacteriology, National Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 8156 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway. marianne.sunde@vetinst.no
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019426:Integrases / Q000235:genetics; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012053:Reindeer / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C091882:Sul1 protein, E coli; D019426:Integrases