Molecular Characterization of <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM</sub> -Carrying IncX3 Plasmids: <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM-16b</sub> Likely Emerged from a Mutation of <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM-5</sub> on IncX3 Plasmid
Tsukasa Ariyoshi, Kotaro Aoki, Hiroaki Kubota, Kenji Sadamasu, Yoshikazu Ishii, Kazuhiro Tateda
Abstract
bla NDM -carrying IncX3 plasmids have been reported worldwide. Harbored bla NDM variants were mainly bla NDM-5 , but there were also rare variants like bla NDM-17 , bla NDM-19 , bla NDM-20 , bla NDM-21 , and bla NDM-33 , including bla NDM-16b detected in this study.
Topics & Concepts
PlasmidBiologyPhylogenetic treeGeneticsInsertion sequenceGeneWhole genome sequencingMicrobiologyGenomeTransposable elementAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter ResearchPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts