Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Euro Surveill. 2021 Sep;26(36). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.36.2100767.
We identified a novel gene cluster in a clinical isolate with vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 4 µg/mL. The ligase gene, , was part of a operon cluster of 4,589 bp on a putative novel integrative conjugative element located in a ca 98 kb genomic region presumed to be acquired by horizontal gene transfer from and sp. 499. Screening for genes in strains with borderline susceptibility to vancomycin is important.
我们从一个万古霉素最低抑菌浓度(MIC)为 4μg/ml 的临床分离株中鉴定出一个新型基因簇。连接酶基因,位于一个假定的新型整合性接合元件上,该元件位于一个约 98kb 的基因组区域内,可能是通过水平基因转移从 和 sp. 499 获得的,该 operon 簇长 4589bp。对具有万古霉素临界敏感性的 菌株进行 基因筛查非常重要。