Genetic basis of the association of resistance genes mef(I) (macrolides) and catQ (chloramphenicol) in streptococci

Genetic basis of the association of resistance genes mef(I) (macrolides) and catQ (chloramphenicol) in streptococci

In streptococci mef(I) and catQ, two relatively uncommon macrolide and chloramphenicol resistance genes, respectively, are typically linked in a genetic module designated IQ module. Though variable, the module consistently encompasses, and is sometimes reduced to, a conserved ~5.8-kb mef(I)-catQ fra...

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Main Authors: Marina eMingoia, Eleonora eMorici, Andrea eBrenciani, Eleonora eGiovanetti, Pietro Emanuele Varaldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Chloramphenicol Resistance
macrolide resistance
mef(I)
catQ
streptococci
IQ module
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00747/full

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