Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jan;55(1):368-72. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00856-10. Epub 2010 Nov 1.
Eight rifampin-resistant streptococci of the mitis group were identified at the species level by using a concatenated 16S rRNA gene-sodA-rpoB-hlpA sequence. Characterization of their rpoB alleles showed single amino acid changes involved in rifampin resistance. Comparison of RpoB sequences from pneumococcal recombinant isolates, viridans isolates, and type strains revealed a species-specific amino acid signature, which allowed it to be ascertained that recombinant RpoBs were originated in genetic interchanges with Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis.
8 株利福平耐药的米氏链球菌通过串联 16S rRNA 基因-sodA-rpoB-hlpA 序列在种水平上得到鉴定。对其 rpoB 等位基因的特征分析表明,涉及利福平耐药的单个氨基酸发生了变化。比较肺炎链球菌重组分离株、草绿色链球菌分离株和标准株的 RpoB 序列,揭示了一种种特异性的氨基酸特征,从而可以确定重组 RpoB 是与米氏链球菌和口腔链球菌发生基因交换而产生的。