Carattoli, Alessandra; Seiffert, Salome Nadja; Schwendener, Sybille; Perreten, Vincent; Endimiani, Andrea (2015). Differentiation of IncL and IncM Plasmids Associated with the Spread of Clinically Relevant Antimicrobial Resistance. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0123063. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0123063
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INTRODUCTION
blaOXA-48, blaNDM-1 and blaCTX-M-3 are clinically relevant resistance genes, frequently associated with the broad-host range plasmids of the IncL/M group. The L and M plasmids belong to two compatible groups, which were incorrectly classified together by molecular methods. In order to understand their evolution, we fully sequenced four IncL/M plasmids, including the reference plasmids R471 and R69, the recently described blaOXA-48-carrying plasmid pKPN-El.Nr7 from a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Bern (Switzerland), and the blaSHV-5 carrying plasmid p202c from a Salmonella enterica from Tirana (Albania).
METHODS
Sequencing was performed using 454 Junior Genome Sequencer (Roche). Annotation was performed using Sequin and Artemis software. Plasmid sequences were compared with 13 fully sequenced plasmids belonging to the IncL/M group available in GenBank.
RESULTS
Comparative analysis of plasmid genomes revealed two distinct genetic lineages, each containing one of the R471 (IncL) and R69 (IncM) reference plasmids. Conjugation experiments demonstrated that plasmids representative of the IncL and IncM groups were compatible with each other. The IncL group is constituted by the blaOXA-48-carrying plasmids and R471. The IncM group contains two sub-types of plasmids named IncM1 and IncM2 that are each incompatible.
CONCLUSION
This work re-defines the structure of the IncL and IncM families and ascribes a definitive designation to the fully sequenced IncL/M plasmids available in GenBank.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology |
Graduate School: |
Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Carattoli, Alessandra, Seiffert, Salome Nadja, Schwendener, Sybille, Perreten, Vincent, Endimiani, Andrea |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
Publisher: |
Public Library of Science |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Projects: |
[UNSPECIFIED] SNF project No. 153377 to Andrea Endimiani |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andrea Endimiani |
Date Deposited: |
28 Apr 2016 12:25 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0123063 |
PubMed ID: |
25933288 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.81551 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/81551 |
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