Plasmid-Borne AFM Alleles in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates from China
Minhua Chen, Heng Cai, Yue Li, Nanfei Wang, Piaopiao Zhang, Xiaoting Hua, Yunsong Yu, Renhua Sun
Abstract
Acquiring metallo-β-lactamase genes is one of the important carbapenem resistance mechanisms of P. aeruginosa . Alcaligenes faecalis metallo-β-lactamase is a newly identified metallo-β-lactamase, the prevalence and genetic context of which need to be explored. In this study, we identified AFM-producing P. aeruginosa strains among clinical isolates and found a new mutant of AFM, AFM-4.
Topics & Concepts
Pseudomonas aeruginosaMicrobiologyContext (archaeology)Atomic force microscopyAllelePlasmidBiologyMutantGeneticsGeneBacteriaMaterials scienceNanotechnologyPaleontologyAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingVibrio bacteria research studies