title: Genetic Characterization of a blaVEB-2-Carrying Plasmid in Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
abstract: This report describes the first detection of a blaVEB-2gene in a Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain isolated from a shrimp sample. The blaVEB-2gene was carried on a novel Inc-type plasmid that was likely to have originated from aquatic organisms, as indicated by a comparison with other known genetic elements in the GenBank database. However, the plasmid contains resistance elements usually harbored by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, suggesting that gene transfer events occurred and contributed to the formation of this multidrug resistance-encoding plasmid.
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Centre, The Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.|State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Ruichao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Centre, The Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lianwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Centre, The Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Centre, The Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.|State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Edward Wai Chi
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Centre, The Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China sheng.chen@polyu.edu.hk.|State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018550:Cephalosporin Resistance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D003445:Crustacea / Q000382:microbiology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics; D032023:Integrons; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases