Multidrug resistance-encoding plasmid from Aeromonas sp. strain P2G1

E Marti; J L Balcázar

doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03935.x

Multidrug resistance-encoding plasmid from Aeromonas sp. strain P2G1

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012 Sep;18(9):E366-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03935.x. Epub 2012 Jun 22.

Authors

E Marti¹, J L Balcázar

Affiliation

¹ Catalan Institute for Water Research, ICRA, Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Girona, Girona, Spain.

PMID: 22725683
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03935.x

Abstract

A plasmid (pP2G1), which confers multidrug resistance in an environmental Aeromonas species, was completely sequenced using a shotgun approach. Plasmid pP2G1 encoded resistance to aminoglycosides and quinolones [aac(6')-Ib-cr], β-lactams (bla(OXA-1)), chloramphenicol (catB3), macrolides [mphA-mrx-mphR], quaternary ammonium compounds (qacEΔ1), quinolones (qnrS2), rifampicin (arr-3) and sulphonamides (sul1). These findings suggest that Aeromonas species may potentially act as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aeromonas / drug effects*
Aeromonas / genetics*
Aeromonas / isolation & purification
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Plasmids / genetics*
Plasmids / isolation & purification
Rivers / microbiology
Spain
Water Microbiology