Montaña Sabrina, Schramm Sareda T J, Traglia German Matías, Chiem Kevin, Parmeciano Di Noto Gisela, Almuzara Marisa, Barberis Claudia, Vay Carlos, Quiroga Cecilia, Tolmasky Marcelo E, Iriarte Andrés, Ramírez María Soledad
Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2016 Aug 22;11(8):e0161528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161528. eCollection 2016.
Acinetobacter johnsonii rarely causes human infections. While most A. johnsonii isolates are susceptible to virtually all antibiotics, strains harboring a variety of β-lactamases have recently been described. An A. johnsonii Aj2199 clinical strain recovered from a hospital in Buenos Aires produces PER-2 and OXA-58. We decided to delve into its genome by obtaining the whole genome sequence of the Aj2199 strain. Genome comparison studies on Aj2199 revealed 240 unique genes and a close relation to strain WJ10621, isolated from the urine of a patient in China. Genomic analysis showed evidence of horizontal genetic transfer (HGT) events. Forty-five insertion sequences and two intact prophages were found in addition to several resistance determinants such as blaPER-2, blaOXA-58, blaTEM-1, strA, strB, ereA, sul1, aacC2 and a new variant of blaOXA-211, called blaOXA-498. In particular, blaPER-2 and blaTEM-1 are present within the typical contexts previously described in the Enterobacteriaceae family. These results suggest that A. johnsonii actively acquires exogenous DNA from other bacterial species and concomitantly becomes a reservoir of resistance genes.
琼氏不动杆菌很少引起人类感染。虽然大多数琼氏不动杆菌分离株实际上对所有抗生素都敏感,但最近已描述了携带多种β-内酰胺酶的菌株。从布宜诺斯艾利斯一家医院分离出的琼氏不动杆菌临床菌株Aj2199可产生PER-2和OXA-58。我们决定通过获取Aj2199菌株的全基因组序列来深入研究其基因组。对Aj2199的基因组比较研究揭示了240个独特基因,并发现它与从中国一名患者尿液中分离出的WJ10621菌株关系密切。基因组分析显示存在水平基因转移(HGT)事件的证据。除了几种耐药决定因素,如blaPER-2、blaOXA-58、blaTEM-1、strA、strB、ereA、sul1、aacC2和一种名为blaOXA-498的blaOXA-211新变体之外,还发现了45个插入序列和两个完整的原噬菌体。特别是,blaPER-2和blaTEM-1存在于先前在肠杆菌科中描述的典型环境中。这些结果表明,琼氏不动杆菌积极从其他细菌物种获取外源DNA,并随之成为耐药基因的储存库。