Mosaic staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec containing two recombinase loci and a new mec complex, B2.

ABSTRACT: A novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) mec from a clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate (ST100/CC5) had a mosaic structure, composed of SCC DNA from several different backgrounds. It harbored two complete ccr loci and a new variant of mec complex B, with DeltamecR1 interrupted by the aminoglycoside resistance transposon Tn4001.

SUBMITTER: Heusser R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1797639 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature