Multidrug resistance-encoding plasmid from Aeromonas sp. strain P2G1.
A plasmid (pP2G1), which confers multidrug resistance in an environmental Aeromonas species, was completely sequenced using a shotgun approach. Plasmid pP2G1 encoded resistance to aminoglycosides and quinolones [aac(6')-Ib-cr], β-lactams (bla(OXA-1)), chloramphenicol (catB3), macrolides [mphA-mrx-mphR], quaternary ammonium compounds (qacEΔ1), quinolones (qnrS2), rifampicin (arr-3) and sulphonamides (sul1). These findings suggest that Aeromonas species may potentially act as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes.
Catalan Institute for Water Research, ICRA, Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
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D000333:Aeromonas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology; D013030:Spain; D014871:Water Microbiology