Complete nucleotide sequence of the pCTX-M3 plasmid and its involvement in spread of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene blaCTX-M-3.
Here we report the nucleotide sequence of pCTX-M3, a highly conjugative plasmid that is responsible for the extensive spread of the gene coding for the CTX-M-3 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in clinical populations of the family Enterobacteriaceae in Poland. The plasmid belongs to the IncL/M incompatibility group, is 89,468 bp in size, and carries 103 putative genes. Besides bla(CTX-M-3), it also bears the bla(TEM-1), aacC2, and armA genes, as well as integronic aadA2, dfrA12, and sul1, which altogether confer resistance to the majority of beta-lactams and aminoglycosides and to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The conjugal transfer genes are organized in two blocks, tra and trb, separated by a spacer sequence where almost all antibiotic resistance genes and multiple mobile genetic elements are located. Only bla(CTX-M-3), accompanied by an ISEcp1 element, is placed separately, in a DNA fragment previously identified as a fragment of the Kluyvera ascorbata chromosome. On the basis of sequence analysis, we speculate that pCTX-M3 might have arisen from plasmid pEL60 from plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora by acquiring mobile elements with resistance genes. This suggests that plasmids of environmental bacterial strains could be the source of those plasmids now observed in bacteria pathogenic for humans.
Gołebiewski
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Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Kern-Zdanowicz
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Zienkiewicz
M
M
Adamczyk
M
M
Zylinska
J
J
Baraniak
A
A
Gniadkowski
M
M
Bardowski
J
J
Cegłowski
P
P
D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D023061:Gene Order; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011044:Poland; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D000617:Aminoglycosides; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D001618:beta-Lactamases
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