Complete nucleotide sequence of KPC-3-encoding plasmid pKpQIL in the epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258.
We have determined the entire DNA sequence of plasmid pKpQIL, the bla(KPC-3)-carrying plasmid harbored by the carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone sequence type 258 (ST 258) in Israel. pKpQIL is a 113,637-bp, self-transmissible plasmid that belongs to the incompatibility group IncFII. It consists of a large backbone of a pKPN4-like plasmid and carries the bla(KPC-3)-containing Tn4401a transposon of a pNYC-like plasmid.
Leavitt
Azita
A
Division of Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Chmelnitsky
Inna
I
Carmeli
Yehuda
Y
Navon-Venezia
Shiri
S
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C495220:beta-lactamase KPC-3, Klebsiella pneumoniae