Tn6026 and Tn6029 are found in complex resistance regions mobilised by diverse plasmids and chromosomal islands in multiple antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
Transposons flanked by direct copies of IS26 are important contributors to the evolution of multiple antibiotic resistance. Tn6029 and Tn6026 are examples of composite transposons that have become widely disseminated on small and large plasmids with different incompatibility markers in pathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli and various serovars of Salmonella enterica. Some of the plasmids that harbour these transposons also carry combinations of virulence genes. Recently, Tn6029 and Tn6026 and derivatives thereof have been found on chromosomal islands in both established and recently emerged pathogens. While Tn6029 and Tn6026 carry genes encoding resistance to older generation antibiotics, they also provide a scaffold for the introduction of genes encoding resistance to a wide variety of clinically relevant antibiotics that are mobilised by IS26. As a consequence, Tn6029 and Tn6026 or variants are likely to increasingly feature in complex resistance regions in multiple antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae that threaten the health of humans and food production animals.
The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
Cameron J
CJ
Reid
The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Private Bag 4008, Narellan, NSW, 2567, Australia.
Piklu
P
Roy Chowdhury
The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. Electronic address: steven.djordjevic@uts.edu.au.
Steven P
SP
Djordjevic
D000818:Animals; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D014774:Virulence
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements
Complex resistance loci; Composite transposon-like; Composite transposons; IS26; Tn6026; Tn6029