Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Citrobacter freundii Plasmid Carrying KPC-2 in a Unique Genetic Environment.
The complete and annotated nucleotide sequence of a 54,036-bp plasmid harboring a blaKPC-2 gene that is clonally present in Citrobacter isolates from different species is presented. The plasmid belongs to incompatibility group N (IncN) and harbors the class A carbapenemase KPC-2 in a unique genetic environment.
Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre of Infection Research, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Yancheng
Y
Yao
Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre of Infection Research, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Can
C
Imirzalioglu
Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre of Infection Research, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Torsten
T
Hain
Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.
Martin
M
Kaase
Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.
Soeren
S
Gatermann
Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Martin
M
Exner
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Martin
M
Mielke
Hessisches Landesprüfungs- und Untersuchungsamt im Gesundheitswesen, Dillenburg, Germany.
Anja
A
Hauri
Gesundheits- und Pflegezentrum Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim, Germany.
Yolanta
Y
Dragneva
Gesundheits- und Pflegezentrum Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim, Germany.
Rita
R
Bill
Labor Limbach, Heidelberg, Germany.
Constanze
C
Wendt
Hessisches Ministerium für Soziales und Integration, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Angela
A
Wirtz
Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre of Infection Research, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany eugen.domann@mikrobio.med.uni-giessen.de.
Eugen
E
Domann
Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre of Infection Research, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Trinad
T
Chakraborty